Articles Tagged: Palo

The Linn County Board of Supervisors’ first consideration of a rezoning request for the Duane Arnold Solar projects near Palo will take place on Monday.

The first of three Linn County Board of Supervisors meetings that was supposed to provide a public forum on a proposed solar project was canceled before it could start on Monday. An oversight on a legal public notice about the meeting will force the county to reschedule its three planned meetings.

The charges stem from the death in July of a Palo woman, Jodie Bevans. One of those charged is her stepdaughter

The Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4-3 Thursday night to recommend approval of two Palo area solar projects.

County’s Technical Review Committee to meet with NextEra on May 19.

IUB’s partial procedural schedule sets deadlines of April 7 for any parties seeking intervention and April 14 for responses to any filed comment, objection or request to intervene.

The layoffs in May are part of decommissioning plan

NextEra, which will build the project at the decommissioned Duane Arnold nuclear facility and plans to sell it to Alliant Energy to own and operate, submitted the plans to Linn County for the two solar energy sites in Palo.

A motorcyclist died Tuesday after losing control of his bike Monday evening.

Alliant Energy plans Tuesday to file a proposal with the Iowa Utilities Board to buy a large-scale solar project near Palo from NextEra Energy Resources and further develop that project into the state’s largest solar and battery storage facility.

With two large-scale solar farms in the works in Linn County, John Zakrasek shares facts about solar panels to try to address residents’ concerns.