Gage Miskimen

The statue of a soldier, in Marion’s City Square Park, will be sent to Mississippi for a cost estimate and possible repairs, which would include reattaching that statute’s head.

The Linn Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a tree fundraiser this spring for the organization's education initiatives, including field day sponsorship, future workshops and scholarship opportunities for those pursuing careers in conservation or agriculture.

‘Status quo’ spending plan includes raises for library shelvers

The city of Marion and the Chamber of Commerce are offering a survey to residents to give feedback on the Creekside Pride initiative, a plan to make Indian Creek more accessible for recreation.

The recommended raises would apply to Supervisors Ben Rogers, Stacey Walker and Louie Zumbach; County Attorney Nick Maybanks; Auditor Joel Miller; Recorder Joan McCalmant; Treasurer Sharon Gonzalez; and Sheriff Brian Gardner

Supervisors Ben Rogers and Stacey Walker voted for the project, while Louie Zumbach voted against it. The approval means that about 750 acres will be rezoned from agricultural to agricultural with a renewable energy overlay that expires after 35 years.

At last week’s Marion City Council meeting, officials directed city staff to formalize a timeline and prepare documents to move forward with the fully micro-transit option, which would be in partnership with Horizons. The city is waiting for resident survey results to fully commit to the plan.

The supervisors cited the complexities of the utility-scale solar installation near Coggon as a reason to take more time, before voting late Tuesday to have more discussion on setback limits and solar panel height with the county staff.

The Linn County supervisors meet for a third consideration on Tuesday night with a fourth likely to follow

One of the proposed pipelines would run through Linn County

A utility-grade solar installation west of Coggon will proceed to the second of three consideration after the Linn County Board of Supervisors disregarded an advisory panel’s recommendation that they deny it.

Marion will get $40,000 and Hiawatha $10,000 to help replant tree canopies lost in the 2020 derecho.

Marion is asking residents to participate in its National Community Survey in January, February. The survey is designed to evaluate how city government serves its residents, gauge perceptions of the city and make comparisons with peer local government agencies.

Denying the request for a delay from the developer of a utility-scale solar project west of Coggon, the Linn County Board of Supervisors voted Friday to go ahead with holding more community meetings of the controversial project.

The now-retired Grant Harper decided to run for office in 2019 after a career that included teaching and coaching at Linn-Mar and various positions at Iowa Electric (now Alliant Energy) and Pearson Education.