Articles Tagged: Linn County

Federal disaster recovery funding is helping Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities in Linn and Benton counties boost housing stock after the 2020 derecho, expanding homeownership for low- and moderate-income households. Here’s how to apply.

A UNI-led study over the coming year will help the county determine how cost-effective the Juvenile Detention and Diversion Services is, county officials said.

Also, Hiawatha will host its State of the City event next month.

Judge delays trial by two weeks for Marion who beat four people to death with metal pipe. Trial reset to Sept. 10. Prosecutors had scheduling conflict.

Also, a Johnson County meeting on Wednesday will review a report that looked at space needs for the sheriff’s office and county jail.

Washington Elementary School’s new learning lab looks a little different than the traditional classroom.

The second annual Southeast Iowa Community STEM Day is set for July 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot in the Collins Aerospace facility at 400 Collins Road NE in Cedar Rapids.

The two organizations partnered to offer bike-focused STEM-related classes for kids of all ages at the Iowa City Bike Library.

Metro STEAM Academy engages high school students in community and project-based learning that integrates workplace skills through an ever-changing list of projects.

Linn County is pursuing a new approximately $19.3 million headquarters building for the Secondary Roads Department.

Black residents and other racial and ethnic minorities living in the Cedar Rapids metro are disproportionately underrepresented in homeownership, a recently unveiled Linn County analysis of housing inequities found. Here’s how the findings can help local officials reduce the gap.

Works Progress Administration projects employed millions of Americans during the Great Depression. But what were those projects? Do they still exist today?

Since 1949, the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation has worked to strengthen the community through philanthropy.

Just one year away from a 2025 deadline to reduce nitrate and phosphorus entering the Gulf by 20 percent, success seems unlikely.

Linn County Supervisor Kirsten Running-Marquardt believes wind and solar energy are critical to economic development in Iowa. But she also wants to make sure landowners who sign contracts for wind projects aren’t left twisting in the wind.