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Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly gave his seventh state of the city address on Thursday, his first in person since before the pandemic

The Democrat announced Tuesday he is seeking a fifth term on the Linn County Board of Supervisors.

Application portal is open for interested local students; informational meeting next week

Former longtime Linn County Supervisor James Houser is running for supervisor again.

NextEra, which will build the project at the decommissioned Duane Arnold nuclear facility and plans to sell it to Alliant Energy to own and operate, submitted the plans to Linn County for the two solar energy sites in Palo.

Phase one of streetscape work along the busy street mostly complete. The rest should wrap up by year’s end.

Beams will be installed for a new north bridge over the interstate, according to the city of Hiawatha.

The grants, from the Witwer Trust Fund, aim to give money to organizations that benefit Linn County residents and were selected through the annual competitive grant process.

One resident of the senior-housing building was transported to a specialty treatment center for smoke inhalation and possible heat-related injuries, according to a Sunday morning news release.

Kirsten Running-Marquardt, the Democratic State Representative for District 69, announced on Friday that she would be running for the District 1 seat on the Linn County Board of Supervisors.

Treasurer Sharon Gonzalez retiring at the end of her term this year

Krebill, 59, started as a firefighter and paramedic for the department in 1991 and was just opening its second fire station. She worked her way up the ranks, from captain to district chief to deputy fire chief and then to fire chief in 2014.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the new district maps, prepared by the nonpartisan state Legislative Services Agency.

The motion failed with Supervisors Stacey Walker and Ben Rogers voting against it, and with Supervisor Louie Zumbach voting for it.

Proposed six-month study of utility-scale projects would not affect Coggon Solar plan, which was approved last month.