Articles Tagged: Marion

Outdoor, indoor options for cooling down as temperatures climb

The City of Marion is providing residents with free trees to plant in the right of way area between their properties and the street as part of the city’s fall tree-planting program.

Marion business also clears out homes after a death

Communities in the Cedar Rapids metro are partnering in a new initiative to attract people from out of state to live and work in the region, setting aside past feuds over jobs in an effort to address the worker shortage.

Mark Seckman will assume the role of president of Marion Economic Development Corp. starting Sept. 5.

Of Iowa’s 940 cities, about 200 have city managers or administrators. In many cases, these managers are the highest-paid, or among the highest-paid, city employees. But what do they do and how do they run a city? Here’s a look at a day in the life of several Iowa city managers and how they balance everything from disaster response to patching potholes.

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A SCORE mentor helped Marion business succeed and grow

A project that will transform the Central Plaza at City Square Park in the heart of Uptown Marion got a $100,001 boost Wednesday with federal COVID-19 relief funds award by the Linn County Board of Supervisors.

In one shots-fired incident, a victim sleeping inside was struck by a bullet

The derecho hit three years ago this week, forever changing Iowa’s tree canopy. But what happened to all of those trees after they were removed?

Marion is dropping its petition for title of the old Maid-Rite building on Seventh Avenue after the owners started working with the city to address safety concerns and repairs. The owners are planning to renovate the building for possibly three new businesses.

The worst of the storms impacted a line from Cedar Rapids to Clinton, leaving power outages that lasted for hours, trees blocking streets and debris scattered across streets. Several Corridor cities announced plans to collect yard waste after the storms.

Kolofon Health startup growing quickly in Eastern Iowa

This voter guide includes information on seats on the city councils in Cedar Rapids and Marion, as well as how to make sure you’re ready to vote come November.