Articles Tagged: Linn County

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

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

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

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

Residents of Linn, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton and Scott counties will have a chance in September to share their thoughts about another proposed CO2 pipeline -- this one connecting ADM ethanol plants.

Linn County and the city of Cedar Rapids opened the door Thursday to divvying up a total of $36 million in federal funds, the final round in their allocations from the American Rescue Plan Act.

The Linn County Board of Supervisors is accepting applications to fill voluntary appointments on on the Plumbing Board of Appeals and the Mechanical Board of Appeals.

Ban applies only to rural areas; Davenport has only other ban in Iowa

Residents who live in unincorporated Linn County within the half-mile buffer zone around the cities of Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Hiawatha (zoned as Urban Services Residential - USR) have until June 30 to openly burn any vegetative debris remaining from the August 2020 derecho.

For the second time in two months, the nonprofit hunger relief organization is searching for a permanent location.

When adopted, the ordinance would apply only to rural Linn County, but supporters said they hope the county’s cities will pas their own bans.

About 4:19 a.m. Wednesday, deputies and other emergency responders were dispatched to the scene on Monticello Road near Highway 13, a news release stated.

The requests from Reps. Hinson, Miller-Meeks and Axne seek funding for nearly $100 million worth of projects through what once was known as “earmarks.”

Combat veteran Colman Silbernagel came out just two votes ahead of current state Rep. Charlie McClintock in the GOP primary race for Iowa Senate District 42. They were split on school vouchers.