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Iowa Board of Pharmacy issues fine to Marion pharmacy for drug dispensing error

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has issued a fine to a Marion pharmacy for a drug dispensing error. The board alleges that on Dec. 24, 2024, a 22-month-old child was prescribed antibiotics to treat pneumonia. A pharmacy technician at the…

Climate change will negatively impact insurance market, Iowa climate scientists say

A coalition of 179 climate scientists from 26 Iowa colleges and universities released a statement…

A house destroyed by the derecho is pictured Sept. 14, 2020 on 27th Street NE in Cedar Rapids.

Eastern Iowa Health Center to open walk-in clinic

The Eastern Iowa Health Center will open a walk-in clinic Nov. 17 inside its pharmacy…

Eastern Iowa Health Center pharmacy

Mirrorbox Theatre officially announces plans to close

Mirrorbox Theatre in Cedar Rapids, a nonprofit theatre company founded by Cavan Hallman in 2018…

1200 Ellis Blvd. NW, Cedar Rapids Mirrorbox Theatre

The Fun Station opens 70,000-square-foot indoor adventure park in Cedar Rapids

The Fun Station has opened its new indoor adventure park at 8920 Brighton Way SW…

Fun Station Cedar Rapids

Washington receives $100,000 grant to rehabilitate fire-damaged historic downtown building

Ten Iowa communities will receive Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants totaling $950,000 to rehabilitate underutilized…

(From left) Carol Lilly, state coordinator with Main Street Iowa; Main Street Washington committee member Sally Hart; building owner of 115-117 N Iowa Ave. Luke Leyden; Samantha Meyer, Main Street Washington's executive director; and Debi Durham, director of IEDA and the Iowa Finance Authority.

MidWestOne Foundation awards $207,000 in grants to 14 organizations across four states

MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. awarded more than $207,000 in grants through the MidWestOne Foundation, bringing…

Waterloo's Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity poses with a $5,000 check from The MidWestOne Foundation.

Iowa Utilities Commission sets public meeting on proposed Duane Arnold restart

The Iowa Utilities Commission will host an informational public meeting Thursday, Nov. 13 regarding the…

Duane Arnold Energy Center nuclear

Gerdin family receives Make-A-Wish America national philanthropy award

The Gerdin family of Solon, which owns Heartland Express in North Liberty, was named 2025…

Gerdin family Make-A-Wish award

ESCO Electric sets groundbreaking for new Marion facility

ESCO Electric Company will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Nov. 12 for a new facility along…

ESCO Group

AbbeHealth Mental Health Services opens expanded facility in downtown Cedar Rapids

UnityPoint Health – AbbeHealth Services – Abbe Center for Community Mental Health will hold a…

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

Mercy Cedar Rapids earns national recognition for outpatient orthopedic surgery

Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has been named one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals…

Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids

Nonprofits to host free screenings of ‘UnCharitable’ documentary at Cedar Rapids library

Two Cedar Rapids nonprofits will host three free screenings of the documentary “UnCharitable” on Monday,…

UnCharitable documentary

Off-price retailer Sierra to open new location in Coralville

Sierra, a multichannel off-price retailer, will open its fifth Iowa location at Coral North Shopping…

An exterior view of a Sierra storefront

Calyx Creek Lavender & Lodging breaks ground on new treehouse accommodations

Calyx Creek Lavender & Lodging has broken ground on two treehouse accommodations that the business…

Stephanie and Taylor Getting (center), co-owners of Calyx Creek Lavender & Lodging at the groundbreaking of their new treehouse accommodations Oct. 30.

Center Point Regional Ambulance sets groundbreaking Thursday for new facility

Center Point Regional Ambulance will hold a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a new facility designed…

Center Point Ambulance Service