Articles Tagged: Marion

Seventeen area nonprofits have been selected to receive a combined $100,000 in funding for community and economic development projects across Linn County.

Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, the Central City school district is pursuing a $7 million bond referendum.

State of Mind gifts is Uptown Marion’s new destination for eclectic gifts, greeting cards and silly stuff, as owner Carissa Starleaf calls it. Of the 45 small brands the shop carries, 43 are women-owned.

Event on Thursday evenings in August features bands, food vendors and fun in Uptown Marion.

The owners of a house that’s destined to be torn down invited the Marion Fire Department to use it for training on Thursday. Firefighters practiced creating a door out of a window, cutting a hole in an inside wall to crawl through, and a few rescue drills with a training mannequin.

There’s plenty of interest and attention toward the city of Marion’s proposed aquatics center project. Now, city officials are asking if there’s enough time.

Country/Americana artist Molly Brandt explores disillusionment, heartache and difficult struggles in her music.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, Marion officials will discuss a proposed aquatics center project this week.

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.

Grant Harper is the first Marion City Council candidate to formally announce an intent to run in the Nov. 4 city election.

The Marion City Council voted Tuesday to approve a $54,500 agreement with Pete Lammer, a Marion firefighter who was demoted in November from battalion chief to firefighter and paramedic.

Also, Fairfax will host an open house for city administrator finalists