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Daupler closes $15M Series B to boost real-time responses to energy, water emergencies

By Tommy Felts / March 6, 2025

A Kansas City company’s latest funding round will help the startup manage critical infrastructure provided by utilities and municipalities — driving its growth within the electric utility market and accelerating international expansion into utilities in the United Kingdom and European Union. Daupler on Thursday announced an oversubscribed $15 million Series B round led by Aqualateral,…

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Betty Rae’s opening OP ice cream shop in May, deepening Johnson County scoop-print

By Tommy Felts / March 6, 2025

Local favorite Betty Rae’s Ice Cream is expanding in Johnson County — taking a coveted corner spot in the Shoppes at Deer Creek Woods in sprawling Overland Park. A May opening is scheduled at 6936 W. 135th. St. It will be the sixth Betty Rae’s for the metro. (Hen House Market is an anchor tenant in…

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‘Always in Season’ tee raises funds for neighborhood farmers market targeted by DEI-related cuts

By Tommy Felts / March 6, 2025

Kansas City designer Lauren Allen is serving up something fresh — both in style and in message. Her latest T-shirt for the Ivanhoe Farmers Market delivers a bold statement: “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion are always in season.” Designed with vibrant vegetable illustrations, the shirt celebrates DEI while supporting a vital community resource — and its…

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No risk, no reward: Adding three new stores is more than just boss moves for Isaac Lee Collins; it’s betting his livelihood on going big

By Tommy Felts / March 6, 2025

Kansas City’s frozen yogurt game is getting a major upgrade as Fifth & Emery Frozen Yogurt and Chocolate prepares to open three new locations in Zona Rosa, Olathe, and Lenexa this year. “I didn’t work this hard just to stop here,” said founder Isaac Lee Collins, who previously operated the venture as a handful of…

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Heart-shaped goalllll: How city’s favorite parade of art, culture creates 150 openings for KC in 2026

By Tommy Felts / March 5, 2025

Parade of Hearts scores new sculpture design as campaign looks down the pitch to World Cup potential A newly revealed sculpture design for the 2026 Parade of Hearts campaign is more than just the fiberglass from which it takes shape, Carmen Zuniga told a crowd gathered for a sneak peek at the prototype for the…

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