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AbbeHealth Mental Health Services' new facility at 615 Fifth Street SE in downtown Cedar Rapids.

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services opens expanded facility in downtown Cedar Rapids

UnityPoint Health – AbbeHealth Services – Abbe Center for Community Mental Health will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 6 to mark the opening of its expanded Cedar Rapids location at 615 Fifth Street SE, formerly known as the  Stamats building.…

Mercy Medical Center earns top state ranking in CHIME Digital Health recognition

Mercy Medical Center has achieved level 9 certification in the 2024 CHIME Digital Health Most…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Roofing company reaches consent order with Iowa Insurance Division over alleged unlicensed public adjusting practices

This story has been updated with a statement from Recon Roofing & Construction. A Des…

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Hornbill Asian Market near former Hy-Vee set to address food access gaps

Hornbill Asian Market is establishing a new location at 1445 First Ave. SE in Cedar…

New Asian market Hy-Vee

Crystal Group launches new logo, refreshed brand identity

Crystal Group, Inc., a Hiawatha-based designer and manufacturer of rugged high-performance edge computing solutions, has…

Crystal Group new logo

Newsweek names UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s ‘No. 1 hospital’ in Iowa

Newsweek/Statista has named UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s the “No. 1 Hospital in Iowa” in…

UnityPoint Health-St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids.

Mercy’s new freestanding Marion ER to hold ribbon-cutting, open house

Mercy Cedar Rapids will celebrate the area’s newest and largest freestanding ER in Marion with…

Mercy Marion ER

New Wings2Water ‘Water Warrior’ award to recognize difference-makers

Wings2Water, a Cedar Rapids-based environmental nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring water quality in the Mississippi…

Wings2Water Water Warrior

Iowa City council member Andrew Dunn announces departure

Iowa City City Councilor Andrew Dunn has announced his resignation from city council following two…

Iowa City City Councilor Andrew Dunn announced he is stepping down effective Jan. 1, 2025.

North Liberty opens Centennial Park event reservations, offers steel beam signing

As stated in a news release from the City of North Liberty, the public is…

A rendering of a future Centennial Park Center Stage at night.

Big Grove Brewery partners with Patagonia Provisions to launch Kernza Lager

Big Grove Brewery has partnered with Patagonia Provisions, the food and beverage division of Patagonia,…

The Patagonia logo advertising Kernza Lager adorns a tap handle at Big Grove Brewery.

Erika Macias honored as 2024 Latina Publisher of the Year at NAHP conference

At its annual conference, the National Association of Hispanic Publishers (NAHP) recognized Erika Macias as…

Evelyn Castro (left), secretary of National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP), presents Erica Macias with the Latina Publisher of the Year award.

Iowa Kids Pediatric Dentistry opens in Marion

Iowa Kids Pediatric Dentistry is set to open a new children-focused dental practice in Marion,…

Iowa Kids Pediatric Dentistry

BAE Systems demonstrates next-generation M-Code Global Navigation Satellite System user equipment technology

BAE Systems has successfully demonstrated M-Code signal tracking with an Increment 2 Global Navigation Satellite…

BAE Systems M-Code Concept

Striking Cargill workers in Cedar Rapids face loss of health insurance benefits

Striking workers at the Cargill corn milling plant in southeast Cedar Rapids say the company…

Cargill strike workers picket line

Frontier Co-op CEO Tony Bedard inducted into Cooperative Hall of Fame

On Oct. 3, the Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) inducted Tony Bedard, CEO of Frontier Co-op,…