Articles Tagged: Marion

The Marion City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a contract with Beverly, Mass.-based Sensys Gatso USA, to install and maintain two automated traffic cameras, as well as maintain a mobile traffic unit in the city of Marion.

The $60,000 plan will be finalized over the next year and will take 10 years to implement.

UI alum bringing cross-cultural connections with concert

The City of Marion has filed a petition asking the court to deem a dilapidated building on Seventh Avenue, which has become an “eyesore” to the recently-completed $6.9 million streetscape and plaza project, as abandoned property and grant the property title to the city.

With a new franchise model, the rapidly growing Barrel House restaurant is hoping to expand nationwide.

The Cedar Rapids “filling station” will soon have a second location.

Local embroiderers’ guild showcasing 500 hand-stitched projects

The Catherine McAuley Center’s poverty simulation, a companion to their refugee simulation, shows how escaping poverty is easier said than done.

David’s Bridal will lay off nearly 100 employees across its four Iowa stores — and potentially thousands of employees across the country — after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.

Films, supporters recognized for efforts

The possible presidential candidate continued to push a message of “American exceptionalism” and hope and unity in a divisive Republican Party that the’s touted in previous visits to the early nominating state as part of his “Faith in America” listening tour.

The Marion City Council on Thursday appointed Gage Miskimen, a former reporter at The Gazette, to fill the vacancy left on city council when Colette Atkins, who had been on the council since 2018, resigned at the end of March.

Improvements to Mount Vernon Road are one of more than 40 projects planned this year on Cedar Rapids streets as the 2023 construction season gets underway.

The power is out in parts of uptown Marion Monday morning after a contractor hit a power line on 12th Street, next to city hall.

Three years after it was displaced by the pandemic and a subsequent derecho, Encore Cafe is bringing back good food and fellowship to senior citizens in Marion.