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The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-3 Thursday night to recommend approval of two Palo area solar projects.

Mary Weber has been in the job for two years, and there’s no shortage of work in the flower business.

The city and Benton County have ordinances prohibiting pit bulls, but dog owners and representatives from animal rights groups say targeting specific breeds is an outdated practice.

The certificates are pending future company filings and Linn County supervisor zoning approval next month.

The city will award $450,000 to Marion businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The funding would go toward sanitary sewer and water infrastructure projects

The measure before the City Council would allow off-road utility terrain vehicles to be operated on city streets. The final vote on the matter is scheduled for next month.

The federal money allocated by the state will go toward paving the last 16 miles of trail along with other work needed to complete the project.

Right now, it’s one collector per truck stopping at 500 houses per day

$12.5 million Creekside Pride project would include kayak access points, viewing stations, educational stops.

On June 26, the IowaWorks.gov website went down due to a cyberattack aimed at Geographic Solutions Inc., or GSI, the Florida-based company that maintains the site.

This week, the Iowa Utilities Board denied Coggon Solar LLC’s request for a certificate to operate.

The library has lost three leaders as some city residents complained about LGBTQ books, books about Biden and Harris

The closure comes as Linn County is seeing high transmission rates of the virus again

The Vinton Public Library, which lost two directors in two years amid community complaints over books, is now closed indefinitely as the interim director has left, too.