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Mercy contrast-enhanced mammography

Mercy Medical Center introduces contrast-enhanced mammography for breast cancer detection

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has introduced contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM), a breast imaging technology that combines traditional mammography with contrast dye to improve early detection of breast cancer, particularly in women with dense breast tissue. The Cedar Rapids hospital…

Cedar Rapids council advances projects for proposed Google data center

A pair of initiatives advanced by the Cedar Rapids City Council this week are helping…

Cedar Rapids Google data center location

UI Health Care requests approval for 6% rate increase

At the Iowa Board of Regents meeting June 12, University of Iowa Health Care requested…

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CBJ names 2024 Fastest Growing Companies

Here at the CBJ, the Fastest Growing Companies list is seen as a way for…

Scott Cornish co-owner and COO of Paul Davis Restoration accepts the title of Fastest Growing Company at June 11 event. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

Paul Davis Restoration named CBJ’s 2024 Fastest Growing Company

For the owners of Paul Davis Restoration, their start was marked with baptism by fire…

Co-owners of Paul Davis Restoration: CEO Matt Banning, director of marketing and HR Emily Cornish, and president and COO Scott Cornish. CREDIT ANNIE SMITH BARKALOW

2024 Entrepreneurs of the Year: Oasis Falafel driven by entrepreneurial spirit

The founding of Oasis Falafel in 2004 came at a key turning point in the…

Ofer Sivan and Naftaly Stramer, co-founders of Oasis Falafel and Oasis Street Food. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

Via Sofia’s closes one Cedar Rapids restaurant

The Via Sofia’s restaurant at 1125 First Ave. SE has permanently closed its doors, according…

Via Sofia's First Avenue

Iowa City coffee shop Tru Coffee closes doors

After three years in downtown Iowa City, Tru Coffee has closed its doors as of…

TrueNorth recognized as a 2024 U.S. Top Workplace

Cedar-Rapids based TrueNorth Companies, a privately-held risk management and insurance brokerage firm, has been selected…

TrueNorth

Cedar Rapids Community School District to sell Arthur and Garfield Elementary buildings

The Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) announced its plans for the sale and repurposing…

CRCSD

Fareway partners with Alliant Energy on Boone solar field

Boone-based Fareway Stores is harnessing the power of solar energy with its recent partnership with…

Fareway Solar Field, located at the grocery chain’s distribution center in the Boone Industrial Park.

UI Health Care names Jody Reyes COO of clinical enterprise

Jody Reyes, former COO and vice president of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical…

Jody Reyes, UI Health Care's new chief operating officer.

Cedar Rapids Tourism selected for 2024 Smart Stars Awards

As part of the 2024 Smart Stars Awards, Media company Smart Meetings selected The Cedar…

Former Stamats building to become new home of AbbeHealth Mental Health Services

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services, an affiliate of UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids, will be consolidating…

Stamats Abbe Community Mental Health

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza crisis spurs request for USDA action

With the latest case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) detected in a herd of…

UI Health Care seeks $74 million OBGYN expansion, renovation

Next week, University of Iowa Health Care will petition the Iowa Board of Regents for…

Andrea Greiner, division director of the maternal-fetal medicine division in the UIHC's Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, performs an ultrasound on a patient.