Articles Tagged: Marion

Cari McCoy will oversee the organization through the upcoming opening of its new Prairie Summit location.

One of the nation’s first romance-focused bookstores is celebrating its reopening this month in an expanded space in Cedar Rapids.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, North Linn schools has named its next superintendent.

Officials with the Marion Economic Development Corp. will pitch the state next month for $1.5 million in seed funding.

A Marion caffeine staple is opening its first expansion soon as another shop in Cedar Rapids moves around the corner.

Clara McKenna’s ‘Stella and Lyndy’ books incorporate aspects of her varied interests, including England, science, horses and ‘Murder, She Wrote’

A Cedar Rapids man, who was armed and attempted to hold a pregnant woman in his Marion business in 2024, was sentenced to 20 years for firearm convictions.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Cedar Rapids school board will meet Monday to consider proposed budget reductions.

An annual housing report shows there were approximately approximately 7,092 roommate households in Linn County in 2025 — up from just over 6,700 in 2010 and closer to 5,300 in 2000. Those figures account for unmarried couples without children and households with platonic roommate pairs or groups.

With 2025 behind us, here are the food and restaurant stories you ate up this year.

Christopher Maxwell is in custody at the Linn County Jail, pending extradition back to Illinois.

Requests can be made beginning Jan. 5, for delivery later this Spring. Residents will pay an exchange fee and higher monthly fee for larger waste containers.

A new Mexican option has landed in Marion.

Renovations in City Council chambers will relocate several government body meetings to Linn-Mar facilties, while Christmas and New Year’s holidays will impact garbage pickup and other services. A roundup of notes from area government bodies.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Cedar Rapids school board approved a calendar for the 2026-27 academic year