Working Iowa

A new cafe at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo is hoping to give hospitality students a more hands-on experience. Mac's Place Cafe is inside the Van G. Miller Adult Learning Center in downtown Waterloo.

Hormel Foods is adding dozens of jobs in northeast Iowa.

Iowa's unemployment rate remained at 2.5% in August.

The ordinance would prohibit businesses from asking applicants about their criminal history until after they’ve been given a conditional offer of employment.

Bloomberg News is reporting that the company is preparing for a Chapter 11 filing.

Leaders at Kirkwood Community College say there's a shortage of skilled workers in the auto industry. They're hoping their new auto tech building will be a driving force for recruitment.

It's tough for parents to find childcare for their kids due to fewer programs available across the state of Iowa, but one center opening in Dubuque is filling some of the need.

Some Cedar Rapids businesses report their bottom lines have been going up in recent days.

The U.S. economy added fewer jobs last year than previously thought, according to the Labor Department.

Iowa’s unemployment rate sits among the lowest in the country at 2.5% in July.

Those with the University Of Iowa Carver College Of Medicine said an aging population of people practicing medicine is bringing a shortage of doctors nationwide.

This past week, employers got a chance to see their employees in action with the Iowa National Guard- working away from their normal job at home.

Governor Reynolds is using pledges and incentives to open up training opportunities to fill high-demand jobs

MedQuarter has grown over the last eight years, propelled by tens of millions of dollars in investment.

Officials in Linn County are teaming up with the nonprofit group Iowa Legal Aid to help clear people's criminal records.

Montez King grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and thought his only option for a successful future after he graduated from high school would be to go to college. That changed when he was offered the opportunity of a machining apprenticeship.

Principal Financial Group says it has closed its purchase of the Wells Fargo's Institutional Retirement & Trust business.

Starting Monday, July 1, Johnson County will implement a "recommended" minimum wage, asking employers to pay their employees a minimum of $10.40 an hour.

A new Iowa scholarship fund could help students in eastern Iowa pay for education programs that seek to fill high demand jobs.

A local distillery is partnering with the Des Moines heavy-metal band, Slipknot, to launch two new varieties of whiskey.

Des Moines-based heavy metal band Slipknot announced a new business venture with Cedar Ridge Distillery to produce two varieties of whiskey to be sold nationwide later this summer.

The man at the helm of a pancake empire is now taking on the world of convenience stores.

A new training course is hoping to help refugees and solve a daycare shortage at the same time

The restaurant was set to close in a matter of days but now says it will stay open.

Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer is hosting an infrastructure week while she's back home in eastern Iowa.

Two Zio Johno's restaurants in eastern Iowa are moving to new locations.

The Board of Regents will consider a potential increase at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University in June, bringing with it a common question: is college worth the cost?

Child care is an expensive cost for parents across the country and here in Iowa.

The ninth annual Cedar Valley Manufacturing Conference starts Wednesday at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo.

Some Dubuque County students are getting hands-on experience in a field they could eventually have a job in. Western Dubuque students are creating go-karts from start to finish and learning many skills along the way.