Articles Tagged: Marion

In the 36 years between the first ‘Top Gun’ movie in 1986 and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ now in theaters, one Marion man has identified Iowa’s 40 ace pilots and collected 365 models of the planes they flew.

The library was expected to open around the Fourth of July

The city of Marion has created a dashboard that provides residents with a real-time status report of stump removal progress in the city right-of-way.

After 20 years, the wine staple will close.

The water department will invest in new wells on the southern, northern and eastern areas of Marion as development continues to expand in all three directions.

The market will use space in City Square Park as well as the new Seventh Avenue festival street.

First-term state Rep. Molly Donahue faces competition from newcomer Austin Frerick in the race to represent much of eastern Cedar Rapids and Marion in Iowa Senate District 37.

Marion theater also temporarily closed after being hit by the 2020 derecho. “Businesses has been off, but it's picking up. The new seats and renovations that I've done certainly didn't hurt at all, and people love the new seats.”

The wait is over for Donutland’s return to the Cedar Rapids location it started in over 50 years ago.

The Kiwanis Miracle League at Prospect Meadows in Marion gives kids and young adults with disabilities a league of their own.

Seven years after the city paid $1.67 million to buy a chunk of the then-privately-owned Marion Airport, a new city manager and a new City Council majority plan to spend the next year determining what the fate of the facility will be.

Several area splash pads and pools are scheduled to be open this Memorial Day weekend.

See where you can get a $10 gift card in his restaurant tour this summer.

The Marion Arts Festival returned to Uptown for its 30th year on Saturday.

In the corner of the Marion City Hall parking lot, Peg Heald often tends to a garden that provides 600 pounds of produce to local food pantries a year.