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Eastern Iowa Airport announces push to recruit aerospace development

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| KCRG-TV (Cedar Rapids, IA) Verified
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A new aerospace development initiative could help transform Eastern Iowa’s economy. For more than a year, the Eastern Iowa Airport and the Iowa Economic Development Authority have been working to promote eastern Iowa for aerospace development. On Wednesday, they announced their strategy, called Ascentus. Airport director Marty Lenss said ‘Ascentus’ will help expand Cedar Rapids’ aerospace cluster.
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We the People: Meet the Williamsburg native who pioneered naval aviation

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By Emily Schrad Verified
| KCRG-TV (Cedar Rapids, IA) Verified
WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa (KCRG) - Taking off and landing on a ship at sea is routine for today’s Navy. But the man who did it first was from Iowa. Eugene Ely was born in Williamsburg in 1886. He moved around Iowa with his father after his parents got divorced. He eventually found himself driving for a Catholic priest. “That’s when his love, aspiration, desire, and curiosity for engines, speed, vehicles really took off,” said Anna Durr, Ely’s great-great niece. His curiosity for mechanics grew.
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Why farmers are seeing fewer strawberries this season

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By Emily Schrad Verified
| KCRG-TV (Cedar Rapids, IA) Verified
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Inconsistent weather is taking a big bite out of Iowa’s strawberry crop, leaving some farms with just a fraction of their normal harvest. Weather plays the biggest role in whether it will be a good crop from year to year, whether it’s corn or strawberries. Paul Rasch, owner of Wilson’s Orchard in Iowa City, said strawberry season was the first indication that things had gotten some damage in the winter.
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