Articles Tagged: Marion

As the Linn-Mar Community School District reaches the completion of a five-year plan, school leaders continue to look toward the future, taking steps to create a plan for the next decade.

Chelsea White, president of the Mirrorbox Theatre Board of Directors, announced the closure of the theater in a Facebook post Monday, writing that leaders “recently uncovered financial issues that make it no longer possible to sustain our work in the way our community deserves.”

Fifteen households either have or will relocate to the area as part of the pilot program to increase the local population and tax base.

Incumbents Grant Harper and Sara Mentzer, both unchallenged, also retained their seats following Tuesday’s election.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, North Liberty elected officials get first pay raise in nearly 20 years.

Two Cedar Rapids men have been arrested in relation to a shooting that happened last week at a Marion Motel.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, the Iowa City school board on Tuesday will discuss the district’s ‘continuum of services’

Marion city employees will work remotely, so no service interruptions are expected.

This annual gathering, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 25, brings together families and friends from across the Cedar Rapids and surrounding community to enjoy cultural performances, music, dance, festive cheer and aromatic Indian cuisine.

A woman was taken to the hospital Sunday with serious injuries after a shooting in a Marion motel, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.

Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, the League of Women Voters of Linn County will host a Cedar Rapids school board candidate forum this week.

The Cedar Rapids women’s boutique MODE, with stores in Marion and NewBo, celebrated its 10th anniversary this year — and that’s a big milestone for any small business.

Featuring Eastern Iowa women who have experienced powerful paths of achievement for themselves, their families and their communities.

A Marion man was arrested Thursday on a charge of first-degree election misconduct, after police say he wrote down a Cedar Rapids address that he hadn’t lived at for six years when he voted in the 2024 elections.

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