Articles Tagged: Linn County

Bridge Under the Bridge is in search of a new location after Linn County notified the nonprofit it needed to move from its spot under the Eighth Avenue SW bridge. The nonprofit has provided free hot meals to people there since the 2020 derecho.

Linn County Board of Supervisors Chair Ben Rogers called Friday for the board to increase again to five members after voters upset at six-figure salaries whittled it down to three members in 2016.

Several Cedar Rapids organizations that serve people of color, women and youth voters are banding together to boost voter turnout and registration.

In celebration of Earth Week, the Linn County Office of Sustainability invites the public to join in an engaging conversation on climate change and climate action. This in-person event is free and open to the public, and will be held Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Fueled by $11 million in federal pandemic aid, the Linn County Board of Supervisors approved funding Wednesday for 39 applicants.

Supervisors Chair Ben Rogers presented a proposed funding list for $5.5 million toward social service and public health needs on Monday morning

Linn County Supervisors will discuss and vote on allocating $11 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding next week.

The Linn County Mental Health Access Center will be open for walk-ins on weekends, beginning this Saturday.

B.J. Dvorak, who has been the agency’s plans and exercises officer since 2019, will start April 9. He succeeds Steve O’Konek, who is retiring after leading the agency for four years.

As Linn County residents recover from the pandemic, it is important to reflect on emotional health. Join community members by posting hopeful messages on the Wall of Gratitude, on display today through April 19 at Coe College. More Walls of Gratitude are planned in coming weeks.

Republican wants to expand mental health services and recreational opportunities in county

Jessica Wiskus, who has also been organizing against the Navigator CO2 Ventures carbon pipeline after learning her property was in the corridor, is running as a Democratic in Senate 42. The district covers rural Linn County, wrapping around the Cedar Rapids metro area, and eastern Benton County.

The Housing Fund for Linn County Board of Directors has announced they are making up to $160,000 available to for-profit or nonprofit developers and businesses, and governmental entities for housing initiatives that benefit households with income below 80 percent of the area median income.

With a phone connection from a traveling Supervisor Stacey Walker that gave out before the final vote was taken, the next Linn County budget was approved Wednesday after one of the only two supervisors participating in that vote agreed to switch from dissent to support.

This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Iowa, and that includes a statewide tornado drill at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Linn County won’t activate its sirens for this drill.