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Kirkwood launches Skills Survey 2027 to assess regional workforce needs
Kirkwood Community College has opened its Skills Survey 2027, aiming to collect input from employers across its seven-county service area on projected workforce needs through 2027. The survey, available at www.kirkwood.edu/skills2027, is open through August 29 and is intended for…
Windstar may revive Coralville-Chicago connection
The Transit Intermodal Facility in Coralville, shown shortly before it started operations in August 2015.…

Eastern Iowa Health Center plans expansions
The Eastern Iowa Health Center (EIHC) is in the midst of an ambitious expansion as…

Tips on keeping (or reviving) those New Year’s resolutions
By Cindy Hadish Health and fitness goals often top New Year’s resolutions, but by now,…

Iowa progressing in Healthiest State Initiative
By Cindy Hadish Iowa learned in February it had not reached its five-year goal to…

Connecting the head to the body
By Ted Townsend I’m the first to admit that I know very little about behavioral…

Forgive and forget for your health
By Sarah Halbrook In the new year, we are encouraged to set goals and start…

Grandmother finds right fitness routine
By Cindy Hadish Fitness motivations evolve during middle age and beyond. For Carol MacVey, it…

Economic Forecast Luncheon offers clues for 2017
Rue Patel, general manager of General Mills’ Cedar Rapids plant, discusses sales and marketing trends…

Kirkwood’s Starcevich to retire in 2018
Kirkwood President Mick Starcevich discusses the economic impact of the college during a 50th anniversary…

13 and 151 project aims to create new Marion gateway
A rendering of a potential office building at the 20-acre mixed-use development proposed by 13…

Kalona icon back in business
Attendees at the Kalona Creamery Shop & Deli Supporter Sneak Peek held Jan. 12 were…

NewBoCo goes virtual with Vault Labs
Troy Miller, director of strategic partnerships at the Iowa BIG School, experiments with the Microsoft…

ALS Association Iowa launches volunteer program
Families in Iowa fighting Lou Gehrig’s Disease will have additional help thanks to The ALS…

MercyCare Prairie Creek open clinic
MercyCare Community Physicians (MCCP) will celebrate the opening of its newest medical clinic, MercyCare Prairie…

MercyCare Prairie Creek open clinic
MercyCare Community Physicians (MCCP) will celebrate the opening of its newest medical clinic, MercyCare Prairie…






