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UI Health Care opens newly-renovated inpatient unit at downtown campus
A previously shuttered inpatient unit at the University of Iowa Health Care Downtown Campus – formerly Mercy Iowa City – has reopened following a months-long renovation effort. The 26-bed unit known as “3 Center” by staff is fully outfitted with…
Johnson Co. Public Health receives Excellence in Action award
The Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) has selected the Johnson County Public Health Jynneos…
SBA awards $300,000 grant to boost Iowa exporting efforts
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $300,000 to the Iowa Economic Development Authority…
Hospice House of Mercy dedicates new gazebo on Sept. 13
A newly constructed gazebo at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, located…
Community Health offering free prostate cancer screening
Community Health Free Clinic, First Light Christian Fellowship and Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids…
Matt Getz named Iowa Heartlanders team president
The Iowa Heartlanders, ECHL affiliate of the Minnesota Wild and Iowa Wild, have named Matt…
Iowa Utilities Board sets public meetings for Alliant Energy’s proposed electric, gas rate increases
The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has scheduled four public consumer comment meetings for November 2023…
Cedar Rapids area company teams gearing up for CycleNation
Dozens of employee teams from leading companies around Cedar Rapids will ride to improve brain…
Celebrate Towncrest businesses during Successful Living’s 25th anniversary
The public is invited to celebrate Iowa City’s eastside Towncrest businesses during Successful Living’s 25th anniversary…
Vision to Vitality forum to address workforce, talent retention
The Iowa Business Council (IBC) will hold a Vision to Vitality forum with UnityPoint Health…
Welcoming Week in Cedar Rapids launches this Friday
The annual Welcoming Week celebration begins this Friday in Cedar Rapids, with several inclusive events…
SBA approves $17.5 million in small business loans in August
For the month of August, the U.S. Small Business Administration backed 30 loans for $17,582,300…
Iowa Flood Center awarded $1 million for Eastern Iowa
Congress’s Community Project Funding awarded the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) $1 million to expand drought…
Celebration marks end of CRANDIC bridge, beginning of LightLine
A ConnectCR project went out with a “bang” on Aug. 31 with a celebration in…
Groundbreaking set for new Sub-Zero plant in Cedar Rapids
A groundbreaking ceremony is set for Wednesday, Sept. 6 for the new Sub-Zero manufacturing facility…
Linn County supervisors award $100,000 in development funds
The Linn County Board of Supervisors this week awarded $100,000 in economic and community development…
