Articles Tagged: Linn County

Jeremy Michael Berg would not put down a knife after being rescued from a fire inside his grandparents’ machine shop. “I think he pushed the limit to get the officers to shoot him,” his mother said.

More collaboration among communities, better communication with the public and no rogue resource requests are among recommendations in Linn County’s after-action review of the 2020 derecho.

“At some point, you have to take action,” said Tamara Marcus, county sustainability program manager and co-author of the county’s first greenhouse gas emissions report. “We have to act now.”

Members of the county Emergency Management Commission approved the plan Tuesday night, despite a push from Linn County Supervisor Louis Zumbach for cities to pay for their share of the sirens’ cost rather than the county covering it all.

The office is closed for walk ins until further notice

Some smaller communities saw populations barely grow or shrink. Central City, Alburnett and Walford are all in the midst of upgrading water treatment facilities, streets and more to prepare for any future growth.

Although the number of eviction filings has been “somewhat muted” during the pandemic, number are rising to pre-moratorium levels with 171 evictions currently filed in Linn County that are set for hearing sometime in the next few weeks. That’s about 23 percent of the 730 evictions pending hearing statewide.

NAMI Family-to-Family is a free eight-week educational course for family members of adults living with mental illness. The program begins Sept. 15 and will run through Nov. 3.

Grow Solar Linn + Johnson Counties reaches third of four goals; one educational session remains on Tuesday

Linn County is holding two more public forums for input on how to allocate its share of federal American Rescue Plan Act funding

Housing, child care and climate were key issues mentioned Wednesday night

In the months following the derecho, Linn County has seen a boom in construction and development activity. Our year-to-date permit activity is up over 400 percent from this same point last year

‘We are doing this because we believe it will keep people safe,’ supervisor says.

Agribusinesses are major contributors to emissions, its research shows.

On July 30 and 31, Cedar Rapids residents were invited to create mosaic pieces that would be incorporated into the final piece now being installed in the building.