Articles Tagged: Linn County

Iowa State University Extension’s Parent Education Consortium is offering a variety of free workshops designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 0-5 who live in Linn County. Registration is required.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) of Linn County is offering a free virtual eight-week educational course for family members of adults living with mental illness. Registration is required by Monday and the course begins Jan. 5.

Linn County has allocated all its emergency rental assistance funding, though additional aid may come in the spring. Those seeking assistance must apply through the state’s program.

Deputy asserted he faced harassment from co-workers due to him taking parental leave to care for a newborn son.

With Cedar Rapids’ ReLeaf effort and other communities replanting strategies, even more will be planted in 2022 and beyond.

A northbound SUV driver struck a northbound bicyclist on Linn Benton Road, according to a news release.

Storm blows over semi in Walford, killing the driver. It was the only reported fatality from the unusual December thunderstorm.

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for much of the state, including Eastern Iowa, lasting from Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning.

Horizons, A Family Service Alliance will provide gifts to homebound older adults in its Linn County Meals on Wheels program. The agency is requesting monetary donations so it may purchase gifts to also deliver to clients the week of Christmas.

Applications are being accepted now for the committee, which will complete an annual greenhouse gas inventory for the county.

The decision to deny or approve may be made at any of the three consideration meetings. The final consideration and approval cannot occur until all three readings have happened.

Because of limited remaining funds, only new applicants will be accepted for the Linn County Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP). Households who have already received assistance from this program will no longer be eligible.

Community support, population shifts and whether a new casino would take business away from others in the region are factors state regulators would consider to approve a new casino in the Cedar Rapids area.

More than 1,000 Linn County households have been helped with rental assistance over the last four months.

The Housing Fund for Linn County is making up to $300,000 available for housing initiatives that benefit households with income below 80 percent of the area median income.