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Joel Miller, who’s served as Linn County’s auditor since 2007, said he will not seek re-election in 2024, when his current term is up. The 67-year-old hasn’t decided what’s next, whether it’s another public office or something else.

The number is a slight increase from last week’s total

New supervisor Kirsten Running-Marquardt joined the board on Tuesday for her first meeting. Ben Rogers was elected vice chair of the board.

This year, the $80,000 annual grant fund was split among 24 nonprofits

Hunters made the discovery near the water treatment facility on Friday.

Dimione Walker was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after being found guilty of first-degree murder in November.

Alexander Jackson, 22, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and is accused of killing his father, mother and sister.

Cases, hospitalizations and deaths all down fromthe previous week

She spent her entire career in Linn County government — beginning right out of high school in 1979 and retiring after three terms as the county treasurer.

Take the tour and vote for this year’s winner through Dec. 30.

Winds will continue to increase while temperatures decrease in the next 24 hours.

The Marion City Council will vote on five project applications Thursday. The church, which could be converted into multifamily housing, is among them.

The state reports Linn County recorded three deaths and 327 new cases of the virus - up from 311 new cases last week. Johnson County also saw an uptick in cases - 207 over the last week, compared with 165 the previous week.

The National Weather Service placed the Corridor on a winter storm warning between 6 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. Saturday in advance of a major winter storm bringing high winds and, with them, a bitter wind chill of some 30 to 40 degrees below zero.

All of Iowa was put under a winter storm watch Monday afternoon, although estimates of snowfall between Wednesday and Friday remained uncertain -- but with strong winds, forecasters nonetheless were predicting blizzard conditions are possible.