The City of Marion held a ribbon cutting Tuesday to officially open it’s new public works building, a $28-million project.
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The City of Marion held a ribbon cutting Tuesday to officially open it’s new public works building, a $28-million project.
Also, a new Iowa Poll shows Gov. Kim Reynolds’ lowest-ever job approval ratings
On a typical day, Cornell College’s cafeteria is stocked with meals that are 20 to 30 percent locally sourced. But Tuesday, all the food served to Cornell students — breakfast, lunch and dinner — came from within 150 miles of the Mount Vernon campus.
Union officials say 2 correctional officers at Iowa State Penitentiary were “violently attacked” Monday by an inmate during a routine procedure. The correctional officers across the state are being asked to work in dangerous and understaffed conditions, officials said.
An unnamed company is seeking financial incentives to build a massive $750 million data center in the Big Cedar Industrial Center that would create at least 30 new high-paying jobs.
Leo Christopher Kelly was freed last Thursday after an appeals court agreed to throw out one of his convictions
Passes can be purchased online or at the gate using touchless pay
A Marion man who is charged with killing four people with a metal pipe in June told law enforcement that “he felt better after this and the pain in his head was no longer there,” according to an unsealed search warrant. Detectives found him sitting on a sidewalk near the crime scene when they arrived.
Local artists will be commissioned to decorate the 10 benches after they arrive later this fall.
Both of Iowa’s public research universities slipped in this year’s national U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, with the University of Iowa sliding five spots to No. 98 and Iowa State University dropping six to No. 121.
History Center offers tidbits on social media platforms
Joey O. had 40-year career as a trick golfer
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