For decades, the Riverside Roundhouse was a staple of Cedar Rapids’ historic Czech Village neighborhood. The circular structure, built in 1963, served as a neighborhood center for farmers markets, weddings and community events. Then came the flood.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, Marion officials will discuss a proposed aquatics center project this week.
Cities across Eastern Iowa are contemplating how best to promote transparency and community engagement in policing in light of a new state law outlawing most citizen review boards.
According to a report presented to the Johnson County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee this week, a joint law enforcement facility shared by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and the Iowa City Police Department could cost around $106 million.
Johnson County’s Temporary Redistricting Committee is preparing to submit its precinct plan, the first step in the process of changing how county supervisors are elected after a new state law requiring the change was passed by Republicans earlier this year.
The City of Fairfax will consider a change to its zoning code that would provide a path for Alliant Energy to site a gas-fired power plant within city limits, near The Eastern Iowa Airport.
The City of Coralville will put a 1 percent local-option sales tax before voters in the November general election. The ballot language was approved this week by the City Council as a way of funding property tax relief and revenue for capital projects like a new recreation center.
Air quality tests conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have identified the source of an odor that some Iowa City residents feared was causing harm to their health.
William Zamastil was fired Nov. 1 for violating portions of the employee handbook related to retaliation and dishonesty.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, Cedar Rapids has been recognized for its McLoud Run flood control project
Proposed ordinance IDs 4 allowable station locations.
Nearly one million of the trees felled in the 2020 derecho were in Linn County alone, and the damage left rural and urban communities alike with gaping holes in their tree canopies. Five years later, The Gazette is revisiting what’s been done to fill the gaps.
The controversial rezoning of a northside Iowa City property, which would allow for an 84-unit apartment complex, has been delayed once again after the city council unanimously voted to defer the third and final consideration to a meeting later this month.
Grant Harper is the first Marion City Council candidate to formally announce an intent to run in the Nov. 4 city election.
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