Articles Tagged: Linn County

Staffers will guide interested residents through funding opportunities and a county dashboard during a Tuesday webinar

Also, Linn County awards funds to reduce lead hazards

Iowa Sen. Todd Taylor, D-Cedar Rapids, will announce his campaign for Linn County Auditor Tuesday morning.

The 9-acre savanna will be a haven for the endangered rusty patched bumblebee

Effective immediately, the Linn County Mental Health Access Center is now available 24/7 to take walk-ins for adults ages 18 and over who are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis.

No candidates on the Nov. 7 city and school elections ballot requested recounts in Linn and Johnson counties. But in Johnson County, Swisher needs a mayor and the Lone Tree City Council has a vacancy after the people whose names were written in for those jobs declined.

Twenty students will be selected to develop a community project that builds climate resiliency in local communities.

Also, residents asked for their opinions on workforce, C.R. city budget

Also, Mazahir Salih sworn into Iowa City Council

Also, Marion adopts 1-year pause on certain commercial uses in growing areas

Earlier this year, for the current fiscal 2024 budget — covering the time period from July 1 through June 30, 2024 — the three-member supervisors board made proposed spending cuts after already drafting a budget to fill a $1.74 million gap from a bill correcting a state error that left local governments down millions in expected revenue

Two incumbents re-elected in races shaped by national politics.

Also, Mount Vernon Road in Cedar Rapids reopens

Tamara Marcus is resigning as Linn County’s first sustainability director to launch a new sustainability and equity consulting service serving Corridor local governments, businesses and nonprofits. The majority-Democrat Board of Supervisors is unlikely to restructure the sustainability department.

Linn County and the city of Cedar Rapids are looking to jointly fund a homeless systems manager for up to three years who will collaborate with service providers to streamline gaps in services for the growing population of those experiencing or at risk of homelessness.