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Coe launches risk management/insurance concentration
Coe College is adding a risk management/insurance concentration within its Stead Department of Business Administration and Economics, beginning this academic year. The program is being launched in response to growing demand for risk management skills across the insurance and financial…
Nearly 15,000 participate in 27th Especially for You
More than 14,700 people registered for the 27th annual Especially For You Race Against Breast Cancer, held…

Dave Koch appointed Johnson County Public Health director
The Johnson County Board of Health appointed Dave Koch to serve as the director of…

Speak Up series focuses on end-of-life planning
The MedQuarter Regional Medical District announces an upcoming, three-part series focused on end-of-life planning. The…

2017’s Coolest of the Cool: Oaknoll Retirement Residence
Iowa City’s Oaknoll Retirement Residence takes top honors in the CBJ’s 2017 Coolest Places to…

2017’s Coolest Places to Work: Aerotek
Aerotek staffers pose in their Hiawatha office earlier this year. The firm will relocate to…

How we selected 2017’s Coolest Places to Work
Applications for the CBJ’s fifth-annual Coolest Places to Work awards were sought in April. In…

2017’s Coolest Places to Work: FUEL
Production Designer Grant Cushman and Rhiannon Rasmussen, a staff designer, at work in FUEL’s wall-less…

Power of Pink to mark start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Mercy Medical Center and Alliant Energy are joining forces to light the night pink Sept.…

Public health researcher to be featured in Coralville simulcast
The public is invited to attend a viewing party for a televised simulcast presentation featuring…

Foot golf offered at Jones Golf Course in Cedar Rapids
Foot golf can now be played at Jones Golf Course, 2901 Fruitland Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids.…

Report: Decline in outpatient antibiotic prescriptions filled in Iowa
The rate at which outpatient antibiotic prescriptions were filled declined 2 percent among Wellmark Blue…

New owners upgrading last of Heartland Inn chain
The newly renovated lobby at Coralville’s Heartland Inn. PHOTO DAVE DEWITTE By Dave DeWitte…

Fashion Lab sets its sights on wearable tech
A glimpse of the LED-accented accessories produced by Mr. Wetzel and Mr. Wright as part…

Iowa vet finds success delivering discounts
Marine Corps veteran Aaron Serrano has developed an app, Military Cost Cutters, to connect other…

Senior Lifestyles: Exploring the senior living surge
Coralville’s Grand Living at Bridgewater project, shown under construction in an undated photo. The facility…






