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Mercy endoscopy unit earns national recognition

The Endoscopy Unit at Mercy Medical Center has been awarded a three-year renewal recognition for quality and safety by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE). The recognition is part of ASGE’s Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program, which promotes the highest…

Cornell students finish in top 3 of analytics competition

A team of four Cornell College students received third place in an analytics competition that…

Cornell College

Families Helping Families of Iowa finds a new building

Cedar Rapids-based Families Helping Families says they have found a new building. The group says…

Iowa banks’ net income up by double digits in first quarter

Iowa banks reported a net income of $391 million for the first quarter of 2021,…

Van Meter plans rebranding for Werner Electric

Van Meter Inc. has announced that Werner Electric Ventures LLC, known commercially as Werner Electric,…

Van Meter

Alliant donates to food pantries via My Account signups

More than 150 food pantries in Iowa and Wisconsin, including several in the Corridor, have…

Alliant Energy logo

Johnson County reopening offices to public June 1

Johnson County offices and facilities will fully reopen to the public June 1, county officials…

Johnson County administration

Parisi named NewBo City Market executive director

NewBo City Market has named Julie Parisi as the organization’s new executive director. She began…

Hot housing market shows few signs of cooling off

Iowa real estate activity remained fast-paced last month, eclipsing April 2020 in most categories according…

Study: Iowa renters at high risk of falling off financial cliff

Iowa renters are among the Americans most at risk of crashing off a financial cliff…

Neumann Monson wins AIA Iowa Impact and COTE honors

Neumann Monson Architects earned a pair of awards last month from the American Institutes of…

UPDATED: UIHC reapplies for North Liberty facility

University of Iowa Health Care officials are again requesting permission to build a new $230…

Iowa emergency notification system getting upgrade

Alert Iowa, Iowa’s statewide emergency notification system, is receiving an upgrade that will increase its…

Alert Iowa

Cargill, Frontline partner on cooking oil management system

Cargill has joined with Frontline International to develop the Kitchen Controller automated oil management system.…

Cargill oil management

UnityPoint set to break ground on new Marion clinic

Marion and the surrounding area will soon have a new healthcare provider – UnityPoint Clinic…

Cosmo scooters launch as part of Cedar Rapids bike share program

Cedar Rapids has a new addition to its bike-share program – Cosmo scooters.  They arrive…