Higher education institutions involved in a collaboration crossing state lines are working to boost research and training in advanced manufacturing, utilizing the manufacturing hub of the Quad-Cities and support from the communities there. more

Facebook’s real estate arm paid nearly $60,000 per acre for a 328.7 rural Davenport site that will be home to the social media firm’s latest data center. more

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced over $14 million in grants for 19 projects in Iowa designed to increase availability and access to biofuels. more

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks spoke in favor of carbon dioxide pipelines as a way to aid Iowa’s ethanol production industry with an environmentally conscious impact. more

With animal shelters across the country full King’s Harvest Ministry Pet Rescue in Davenport hopes to help more pets by moving to a bigger property in Mount Joy sometime in the coming months. more

Summit Carbon Solutions castigated a group of Republican state lawmakers who oppose the use of eminent domain for its project, saying their arguments are “perplexing” and unsupported by a majority of the Legislature. more

Forty-nine Iowa nursing homes owe the taxpayers more than $10.7 million in fees the state has so far failed to collect, according to newly released records. more

Ascentra Credit Union staffers Conner Brown, Brandi Clark, Tyler Cornett, and DJ Schnackel, are among 50 graduates of this year’s Iowa Credit Union Foundation financial coaching program. more

A Davenport nursing home that is on a federal list of the worst care facilities in the nation could be facing fines of $40,000 or more due to numerous recent violations. more

The party may have been in his honor on Saturday, but Hy-Vee’s Andy Lane was still busily working away, manning the grill and dishing out hamburgers and hot dogs. more