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Eastern Iowa Health Center opens new Cedar Rapids pharmacy

The Eastern Iowa Health Center will celebrate the opening of its new pharmacy with a ribbon-cutting event on Aug. 21, following the accelerated completion of a long-planned project aimed at increasing access to prescription services in central Cedar Rapids. The…

Entrepreneurial Development Center celebrates 20 years

In March 2003, a vision formed in Curtis Nelson’s mind.  He believed entrepreneurial businesses in…

EDC Iowa

UI’s Mayflower preliminary assessment far below $45 million price tag

The University of Iowa is selling its Mayflower residence hall as part of a five-year…

Mayflower residence hall

Bankruptcy trustee objects to UI’s plans for a speedy purchase of Mercy Hospital

A federal bankruptcy trustee has objected to plans by the University of Iowa to fast-track…

Mercy Iowa City hospital, pictured Aug. 9, 2023. CREDIT ALEXANDRA OLSEN

Alliant Energy reports more than 50% of energy from renewable sources

More than 50% of the energy Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility provided to its customers in…

Alliant Energy

IEDA awards grants to Corridor arts, cultural projects

More than two dozen arts and cultural projects in the Corridor are among 131 Iowa…

Community Foundation celebrating nonprofit professionals

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation will host an event on Thursday, Sept. 14, to…

Dhakai wins $40k at annual entrepreneurial competition

Dhakai, a Des Moines-based technology company and marketplace that helps connect U.S. clothing brands with…

John Pappajohn Iowa Entrepreneurial Venture Competition

North Liberty-based Learn Spatial helps neurodivergent learning

Educational entrepreneur Mike Quinn, based in North Liberty, Iowa, has launched a new and innovative…

Mike Quinn

Olde Brick House targets Irish comfort food, pub-style atmosphere

The Olde Brick House in Cedar Rapids formally opened to the public at 11 a.m.…

The Olde Brick House

Canine healers join UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital

Two new furry employees will soon greet patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family…

Nacho and Corrin, recent additions to the UI Stead Family Children's Hospital, pose with their handlers.

Popular Iowa City dry bar to open Cedar Rapids location

A dry bar, with locations in the Quad Cities and Iowa City, is expanding to…

First housing project set for Neighborhood at Indian Creek

The Marion City Council’s recent approval of a revised preliminary plat for a housing subdivision…

This image illustrates the potential aesthetic of proposed single-family housing in the Neighborhood at Indian Creek development. CREDIT RDG PLANNING & DESIGN

Casey’s store fined for repeatedly failing to test drinking water

A Casey’s General Store in eastern Iowa repeatedly failed to report tests of its drinking…

Iowa Nonprofit Alliance launches in Cedar Rapids

The Iowa Nonprofit Alliance (INA) is launching in Cedar Rapids. The INA hopes to teach…

Historic Stone City General Store Pub to close Nov. 1

The historic Stone City General Store Pub will be closing its doors as a bar…

Stone City General Store Pub