Cedar Rapids and Linn County residents are encouraged to attend to learn more about what will happen after the current Marion landfill and recycling location closes permanently on June 30, 2044.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Cedar Rapids and Linn County residents are encouraged to attend to learn more about what will happen after the current Marion landfill and recycling location closes permanently on June 30, 2044.
The 2022 Camp Courageous Omelet Breakfast and Open House will be on Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon as part of Camp Courageous’ 50-year celebration. Guests also will be able to take guided tours of the camp.
History Happenings: Father Kallistratos Glavas was aboard a sinking ship in the Atlantic in 1915 and gained widespread acclain for calming and praying with panicked passengers as they awaited rescue.
Mendieta was a performance, video artist, sculptor and painter. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and at age 12, fled Fidel Castro’s Cuba with her sister, Raquelin, who was 15. In 1969, Mendieta earned her B.A. from the University of Iowa, in 1971 an M.A. in painting, and in 1972 an M.F.A. in Intermedia.
Piece of History: J.R. Morin Co. was a successful business until three fires — thought to be arson — destroyed its operations in Mechanicsville and Norway, Iowa.
Alliant is working in partnership with Trees Forever to help 33 communities -- including Marion, Hiawatha and Ely -- with grants to plant trees. A total of $120,000 in tree grants are being awarded.
The Raging River ride where an 11-year-old boy Marion boy died last summer will not reopen this year, the park's new owners said.
Two armed Waterloo men are accused of pistol whipping a Marion man in order to steal his drugs. They repeatedly struck the man in the head, causing serious injury, police said.
Senate Republicans passed legislation that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to work unsupervised in child care facilities, and allow child care centers to operate with one worker to every seven 2-year-olds, and one worker to every 10 3-year-olds.
Iowa cornerback Jermari Harris was arrested in Iowa City early Sunday morning on a charge of operating while intoxicated.
A Dubuque veterinarian who prescribed pain medications to fake dog patients to use for herself pleaded Monday to a federal charge. She faces up to 4 years in prison.
A former Armstrong police officer has been charged with dozens of crimes, making him the latest in a string of former town officials to face criminal charges in the last 14 months.
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