Articles Tagged: Linn County

The fair recently hired a new manager

Heat advisory issued across most of Iowa as heat indexes could reach over 100 degrees.

The new update hopes to improve county officials’ communication to residents in any emergency.

Video visits that some jails implemented during COVID-19 are replacing face-to-face visits at the Linn County Correctional Center. Johnson County has been using video visits for at least five years.

Residents told eminent domain won’t be used, that land would return to farmland at end of project

This year, the county is providing $200,000 in grants to local organizations

The county was given the highest bond rating

NAMI Linn County, local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will offer the NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month.

An unidentified juvenile driver was struck by the moving, stolen vehicle he and another juvenile passenger had just fled during a pursuit with a Linn County deputy, west of Urbana.

Hinson seeks $1 million in federal funding for the project

The section of trail will be paved and receive some safety enhancements

Residents asked questions about environmental impact, Palo’s growth and how the county would hold any future large-scale utility project accountable to any rules and regulations.

The decision comes after Cedar Rapids ended its mask mandate last week

Though the county meetings are not specific to any solar project in the county, according to the news release, The Gazette previously reported that NextEra Energy of Florida is hoping to transform the former Duane Arnold Energy Center into a solar farm.

With more people being vaccinated and COVID-19 precautions lifting, fair organizers say they are ready to get back to normal -- but are still planning some precautions.