Articles Tagged: Linn County

After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor — the largest single supplier of content to American libraries — would be ceasing its operations. The news quickly ricocheted through literary circles in Iowa and beyond, leaving many wondering what’s next for libraries left behind.

A bakery and Cajun restaurant is moving to downtown Cedar Rapids.

Despite Alliant Energy’s announcement that it is “deprioritizing” a site in Fairfax that had been proposed for construction of a new gas-fired power plant, city officials and residents in the small Linn County town haven’t stopped debating the issue.

Early in-person and mail-in voting begins Wednesday for Iowa's 2025 city/school elections. Here's what you need to know about checking your voter registration status, how to vote early in-person and by mail, and how to vote on Election Day, Nov. 4.

The Gazette’s Grace Nieland will curate the weekly newsletter covering Linn County news, community and culture.

The decision follows similar moves at airports across the country, who are broadly citing a desire to remain out of partisan politics.

The development will provide rapid rehousing and supportive services for community members experiencing literal homelessness.

Five of the nine Cedar Rapids City Council seats are up for election on the Nov. 4 ballot.

In-person absentee voting — sometimes called “early voting” — begins Wednesday in both Linn and Johnson counties and will run through Monday, Nov. 3. Ballots will include a host of city and school elections across the area, as well as multiple bond issues.

Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance’s new CEO Juliet Abdel says “stay tuned” for new collaborations, projects from the regional economic development engine.

Four candidates are running across three different races for Marion City Council on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Linn County will partner with University of Iowa researchers to learn more about water quality and pollution sites within the county through three studies that will act as the “backbone” of the county’s comprehensive water quality management and mitigation plan.

Speeches, tours marked the centennial celebration of the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids on Oct. 3.

An Anamosa man was arrested Sunday on several charges — including attempted murder, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office — after law enforcement officers say he purposefully hit multiple cars with his own and then threatened multiple people with a machete.

Tech giant Google has approached Linn County officials about a proposed data center project near Palo. The county is taking several steps to inform discussions around how data centers could affect things like zoning, water availability.