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Berthel Fisher Companies recruits APP Financial practice

Berthel Fisher Companies, a Cedar Rapids-based independent financial services firm serving financial advisors and registered investment advisors, has announced the recruitment of APP Financial, a Fort Wayne, Indiana-based practice with approximately $146 million in client assets. The practice is led…

Mercy Medical Center performs first surgery with new breast cancer detection device

Mercy Medical Center became the first hospital in the world to use newly FDA-approved MarginProbe…

Dr. Vincent Reid is a surgical oncologist at Mercy’s Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. CREDIT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER

West Music named 2025 Retailer of the Year by Music Inc. magazine

West Music has been named the 2025 Retailer of the Year by Music Inc. magazine,…

west music

Cedar Rapids housing pilot program exceeds goals, houses 37 in first year

A landlord and tenant incentive program in Linn County has surpassed its initial goals in…

housing program logo

Uptown Coffee Company to open second location at NewBo City Market

Uptown Coffee Company will expand to a second location in 2026 in Cedar Rapids, taking…

NewBo City Market

Anonymous $2M gift enables Cedar Rapids senior center construction

An anonymous donor has contributed $2 million toward Horizons’ planned Center for Older Adults, bringing…

Horizons senior center Cedar Rapids

Allsop gift to name park, Busse westside library spaces

The Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation announced a major gift from the Robert & Elizabeth…

Cedar Rapids westside library rendering 1

Loren Hartelt to lead Downtown Cedar Rapids commission

Loren Hartelt of CRST will become the new chair of the Downtown Cedar Rapids Self-Supported…

Loren Hartelt

Mercy Medical Center receives dementia-friendly designation

Mercy Medical Center has been designated as a Dementia Friendly Organization by Dementia Friendly Iowa,…

DeWulf dementia innovation center

Duane Arnold Energy Center achieves restart milestone with generator rotor removal

The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo has completed its first major equipment operation in…

The Duane Arnold Energy Center's generator rotor leaves Palo the morning of Friday, Dec. 19 by rail en route to Schenectady, New York, for refurbishment.

Coe College aviation students complete first solo flights

Three Coe College students completed solo training flights Dec. 9, marking the first solo flights…

Luke Hewitt, instructor with Coe College's aviation management and flight operations program, stands next to Addy LuGrain, the first of three aviation students in the program's history to complete a solo flight.

Abbe Hills Farm owner receives sustainable agriculture award

A Mount Vernon vegetable grower who established one of Iowa’s first community-supported agriculture programs will…

Laura Krouse, owner of Abbe Hills Farm in Mount Vernon.

The Downtown Dish: A toast to Iowa City’s history with Doug Alberhasky

In this episode of the Downtown Dish podcast, hosts Charlie Nusser and Anna Moyers Stone…

Doug Alberhasky, owner of Iowa City’s iconic John's Grocery. downtown dish

Midwest inflation eases to 3% in November, CSI analysis finds

Inflation in the Midwest declined to 3% year-over-year in November, down from 3.1% in September,…

Iowa employers focus on stability, investment heading into 2026, quarterly ABI survey shows

Two-thirds of Iowa employers report their businesses are growing as they enter 2026, according to…

Welder Pamela Lewis works with KT Pacer's sub-assembly/small parts weldment team.

UnityPoint Health names chief medical officer for cardiovascular services

UnityPoint Health has appointed Peter George as chief medical officer for cardiovascular services, the health…

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT ST. LUKE'S