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Medical center sees unexpected growth

By Pat Shaver A medical center in Jones County is experiencing rapid growth. Since the Jones County Regional Medical Center in Anamosa moved to a new...

Keeping it simple

Lynn Manternach/Tree Full of Owls I’m a former TV news writer. A big part of my job was to communicate complex concepts as simply as...

Wood named CBJ editor

By Pat Shaver CORALVILLE -- The Corridor Business Journal has selected a new editor. Gigi Wood, who has reported on Johnson County for five years at the...

Englert receives city funding

The Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City was approved to receive $50,000 in funding from the city of Iowa City by the city's economic...

Marketers, Where’s Your Inner Idol?

Heather Rast/Tree Full of Owls Cheesy reality shows may be an addiction for American television audiences, but who's to say clever marketers can’t find a...

Flooded to the roof

Gutter and roofing company recovers from 2008 flood By Pat Shaver CEDAR RAPIDS -- Rod Manson’s understanding of water is two-fold. During the height of the flooding in...

United Fire Group weathers the storm

By Gigi Wood CEDAR RAPIDS -- They have a lot to celebrate. United Fire Group, the Corridor’s second-largest insurance company based on the number of local...

UI professor: multi-state insurance regulations increase costs to consumer, company

By Gigi Wood IOWA CITY -- A recent study by a University of Iowa professor quantifies how much more insurance companies pay to comply with...

Western Fraternal Life Association offers fraternal benefits to members, communities

By Shannon Davis CEDAR RAPIDS -- Nearly 120 members of Western Fraternal Life Association were directly affected by the devastating flood that tore through Cedar Rapidsand...

Work makes life sweet

John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls Some time ago I was teaching at a small residential college and noticed that high school students would enroll in...

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