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A bill waiting for Gov. Kim Reynolds to sign into law would strip local city councils of regulating the sale of fireworks, frustrating efforts of cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa City to crack down on the consumer explosives in response to citizen complaints and a rise in injuries.

Republican wants to expand mental health services and recreational opportunities in county

Portions of Tower Terrace Road will close near I-380 for the spring and summer this week.

Phase 2 will close off 10th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues for part of the spring and summer

City’s first community impact award recognizes couple’s decades of volunteer work

With a phone connection from a traveling Supervisor Stacey Walker that gave out before the final vote was taken, the next Linn County budget was approved Wednesday after one of the only two supervisors participating in that vote agreed to switch from dissent to support.

“Unfortunately we’re running into construction delays everyone is seeing,” said Deputy Library Director James Teahen.

The series is free and open to the public with the goal of creating conversation about the impact of incarceration on individuals and their communities. The first film, “13th”, will be shown Sunday, with the discussion taking place on March 31.

IUB’s partial procedural schedule sets deadlines of April 7 for any parties seeking intervention and April 14 for responses to any filed comment, objection or request to intervene.

Marion firefighters responded to a fire at the Marion YMCA on Irish Drive on St. Patrick’s Day. The YMCA will remain closed through the weekend and will open again sometime next week.

The Cedar Rapids resident announced his run this week

The layoffs in May are part of decommissioning plan

NextEra, owner of the now-retired Duane Arnold nuclear power plant, donated 144 Whelen outdoor sirens and four control stations — together worth more than $1 million.

All three Linn County supervisors said the biggest issue of having only three board members is they can’t talk about policy outside of supervisor meetings without violating Iowa’s open meeting law.

In the first year since the opening of the Linn County Mental Health Access Center, over 70 percent of its patients said in discharge surveys they would not have sought services if not for the new mental health crisis center.