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UI Health Care opens new pediatric emergency space

University of Iowa Health Care has opened a new pediatric emergency space within its emergency department at the university campus, completing a multi-year expansion project. According to a release, the new facility at 200 Hawkins Drive adds 17 emergency care…

ADM takes steps to protect South American ecosystems

Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) company, recently named a best-managed company in the U.S. by the Wall Street…

ADM's Cedar Rapids plant. CREDIT CBJ

Johnson County supervisor to open soul food restaurant

Johnson County Board of Supervisors Chair Royceann Porter is opening a soul food restaurant. According…

Cedar Rapids Restaurant Week brings back specialty menus

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is bringing back popular, exclusive features during its 2023…

Medtech companies merge to form Perspective Therapeutics

Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting has formally merged with Isoray Inc. out of Richland, Washington to…

Perspective Therapeutics has formed following a merger between Coralville-based Viewpoint Molecular Targeting and Isoray Inc. in Washington. CREDIT PERSPECTIVE THERAPEUTICS

Design & Construction Week attracts record-breaking attendance

Over 200,000 housing and design professionals flocked to Las Vegas for the 10th annual Design…

Homeownership rate at 65.9%, essentially unchanged, for fourth quarter of 2022

The Census Bureau’s most recent Housing Vacancy Survey (CPS/HVS) reported the U.S. homeownership rate at…

Housing vacancy survey

Women Lead Change to host high performance workshop

Women Lead Change (WLC), an organization dedicated to the development, advancement and promotion of women,…

Lauren Hodges

ImOn purchases Internet assets from Comelec Services

ImOn Communications, based in Cedar Rapids, has purchased residential and business fiber-to-the-premise Internet service assets…

ImOn

UIHC invite bids for expanded burn treatment center

University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) is seeking request for qualifications from architecture design firms…

Lynn Glass, RN, BSN, is a burn center outpatient clinic employee. CREDIT UIHC

Three Corridor companies receive SBA loans in January

The U.S. Small Business Administration has released its monthly loan approval figures in Iowa for…

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans Iowa

South Side District to rebrand, launches new series

The Iowa City South District Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District, or SSMID, is rebranding to South…

Dream City is hosting a Down to Business workshop on Feb. 16. CREDIT CITY OF IOWA CITY

Van Meter Inc. named top workplace

Cedar Rapids-based Van Meter Inc., a leading distributor of electrical and automation solutions and provider…

Selected restaurants announced for restaurant week Feb. 17-26

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance has announced the restaurants selected to participate in the…

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital to open Marion ER

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital will open an off-campus Emergency Department in Marion in…

St. Luke's Marion ER

USDA invests $74.7 million in rural Iowa projects

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced $74.7 million of investment in rural Iowa projects…

USDA Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Xochitl Torres Small, looks at cows at Austin Schulte Dairy farm in Benton County. CREDIT USDA