Coralville now has a minor league professional hockey team. Or rather, it will when the 2021-22 East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) season starts. The league officially approved an expansion team for Coralville on Tuesday. The team, which doesn’t have a name yet, was one of two expansion teams approved on Wednesday. The other team, also […]
Coralville businesses
LV Recommends: La Bendición Pupuseria & Restaurante

La Bendición Pupuseria & Restaurante, a family-owned business serving food from El Salvador, opened at the turn of the new year. You can find it in the strip mall at the corner of 1st Avenue and 2nd Street in Coralville, the same building that houses the likes of Chez Grace, Global Market and the late great Nile Ethiopian Restaurant. […]
Your Village: Whatever happened to the area’s last strip club?

I remember there used to be a strip club in Coralville, but it closed down. How could the only strip club near a big university go out of business? —Anonymous There are lots of ways for a strip club to go out of business, but Dolls Inc in Coralville is probably the only one driven to extinction by a rainforest. Or rather, plans for a massive indoor rainforest. […]
Coral Ridge Mall is adding an H&M

While it’s not the strongest era for brick-and-mortar shopping centers (including in eastern Iowa), Coral Ridge Mall is adding a new store to its ranks. H&M will open in the current Eddie Bauer space, near the center of the mall and across from Bath & Body Works, according to Coral Ridge Mall’s senior general manager Monica Nadeau. […]
Younkers is closing its last two area stores
Interview: Alchemy Gym’s new space an expansion of community

Local health and fitness aficionado, Ethon Burns, recently relocated his gym, Alchemy Strength and Conditioning, to a much larger space in Coralville (2325 James Street, Suites 6 and 7) and expanded the scope of his business in the process. Burns believes in a welcoming approach to promoting health and raw fitness and offers clients a […]