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From left: Dana Franck, withVariety – the Children’s Charity; Holly Flynn, UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital; Kathie Manderscheid, UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital; Jenny Haverly, UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital; Jessica Hupp, Variety – the Children’s Charity.

St. Luke’s Hospital receives $28,000 grant for pediatric transport ventilator

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Hospital has received a $28,523.50 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity to purchase a portable ventilator for transporting critically ill newborns and children. The St. Luke’s Foundation will use the grant to acquire a…

National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championship coming to Cedar Rapids

Cedar Rapids and the Alliant Energy PowerHouse will host the 2023-2025 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling…

Women’s Wrestling Championship coming to Cedar Rapids

Proposed casino license moratorium upsets Cedar Rapids supporters

UPDATED: Supporters of a proposed Cedar Rapids casino are decrying a measure approved by the…

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Sustainability keynote to focus on reducing vehicle miles traveled

Suzanne Sobotka, policy and research director for a nonprofit advocating for sustainability in transportation called…

Sustainable Economy & Transportation Conference

Iowa Utility Association speakers talk electric vehicles, renewable energy

For organizations willing to take the initiative, looking into new technology like renewable energy and…

DEV2022, Andrew Busch, Iowa Utility Association

ProCircular earns $250,000 for virtual cybersecurity escape room game

Coralville-based ProCircular, a cybersecurity and compliance firm, will be using $250,000 in funds from the…

ProCircular

Raptors FC launching indoor soccer teams in Cedar Rapids

Professional indoor soccer is returning to Cedar Rapids. Officials with the Iowa Raptors FC and…

Officials re-evaluating Marion Airport’s future plans

Plans for possible renovation and expansion of the Marion Airport are now in limbo, as…

Marion airport

Cedar Rapids cyclists ride 3,000+ miles for Alzheimer’s Association’s The Longest Day

Team Biking to Remember, a group from Cedar Rapids, rode more than 3,000 miles on…

Team Biking to Remember, a group from Cedar Rapids, rode more than 3,000 miles on their bikes to help raise money and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association’s The Longest Day campaign.

Mercy Medical Center receives grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity

Mercy Medical Center has received a $19,000 grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity. The…

Mercy Medical Center will improve patient care through new equipment, thanks to funding from Variety - the Children's Charity.

Iowa Athletic Club announces fund to support youth athletics

The Iowa Athletic Club announced a new partnership with HAVlife Johnson County May 19 to…

The Iowa Athletic Club and HAVlife announced a new partnership to financially disadvantaged youth in Johnson County.

Iowa’s unemployment rate falls to 3.0% in April

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 3.0% in April – down from 3.3% in…

Iowa WorkForce Development

DMFA LLC to invest in flexible warehouse in Marion Enterprise Center

DMFA LLC has announced that it plans to break ground on a new 52,300 square…

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Frontier Co-op honored for Breaking Down Barriers to Employment initiative

Frontier Co-op has been named the winner of a 2022 Silver Halo Award in the…

Frontier Co-Op

Mercy Cedar Rapids names Timothy Quinn as president and CEO

The Board of Trustees at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has selected Timothy Quinn,…

Linn County official asks NextEra to consider raising Duane Arnold Solar panel heights

Most of Thursday’s Technical Review Committee meeting to review NextEra Energy Resource’s rezoning applications for…

Members of the Linn County Technical Review Committee discuss details of the Duane Arnold Solar projects with NextEra Energy representatives during a committee meeting Thursday, May 19, 2022 at the Jean Oxley Administrative Office Building in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT