In a meeting with Linn County officials Monday, Larry Weber — who oversees a program that deploys dozens of sensors in rivers and streams across Iowa — said the quality of the state’s water is not improving, and that monitoring of the water must continue.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a road use agreement with QTS in light of wear-and-tear sustained by rural roads in the area since the start of construction.
Tech giant Google plans to purchase energy from the Duane Arnold Energy Center as part of a larger 25-year agreement with the nuclear plant’s owner, NextEra energy.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Iowa City school board on Tuesday will discuss the district’s ‘continuum of services’
Linn County Sustainability Director Cara Matteson explains the reasoning behind the research.
Immigrant workers make up roughly 7.4 percent of the state’s workforce. Now, some might be at risk.
In its first year, Cedar Rapids Prep has enrolled 255 students in sixth through eighth grade, with 25 students on a waiting list. The new charter school’s students are “owning and driving their learning” in “orderly classrooms where there’s not chaos and disruptions,” says Cedar Rapids Prep Principal Justin Blietz.
No charges will be filed against four Cedar Rapids police officers after an officer-involved shooting in August, according to a report from the Linn County Attorney’s Office which ruled the shooting justified.
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 22 years for sexually assaulting a child over the course of six years. The child was 6 years old when the abuse started and didn’t end until she was 12 years old.
The Hiawatha Economic Development Corp. has tapped Liz Mathis to serve as the organization’s first executive director.
In an effort to keep an Iowa water quality sensor program afloat past next June, Polk County Supervisors voted this week to invest funds in it, and they invited Linn and Johnson counties to do the same.
The Cedar Rapids City Council has signaled early intent to rezone the land around a former elementary school for a planned apartment development.
The city of Cedar Rapids is seeking citizen feedback on its Animal Care & Control operations as it works to chart the department’s future.
Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, the League of Women Voters of Linn County will host a Cedar Rapids school board candidate forum this week.
The use of cameras by law enforcement to automatically scan license plates and record vehicle information in an online database was limited in Eastern Iowa just a few years ago. But in recent years, the cameras have become a hot button issue on city council agendas across Linn and Johnson counties.
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