Steve Gravelle

CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn County supervisors will “finalize” a budget plan for the next fiscal year today, complete with a …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Already trying to close the last of a $5.3 million shortfall in the current budget for services …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Ben Lange launched his second challenge to U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley last night with a bid to …

It took a phone call last week to remind John “Jack” Kintzle that the next leader of China visited his …

MARION – Marion could be the first city in the nation to zap its garbage into energy, but the plan …

Linn County’s lease agreement with Prospect Meadows got done this morning. Supervisors unanimously approved the non-profit’s proposal to lease 121 …

Dave Elgin figures Cedar Rapids gas-station customers pump about $50 million a year into the state’s road-use tax fund. Of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – State lawmakers shorted Iowa counties about $7 million in funding for mental health services last year, and …

Prospect Meadows’ proposal to develop a baseball/softball complex on county-owned property sailed through a public hearing this morning. “This allows …

Kate and Trish Varnum have a running joke every time they drive out of state. “We’d cross the border and …

Conceding the optics weren’t the best, most Linn County supervisors nonetheless agree there wasn’t a conflict of interest inthis week’s …

Backers of a proposed baseball/softball complex are seeking to lease 121 county-owned acres near Marion for the project. “It’s the …

Heidi Eifferts started coming to Cedar Rapids’ New Bohemia neighborhood about four years ago in search of eye-catching photographic backgrounds. …

Linn County supervisors voted this morning to boost Sheriff Brian Gardner’s pay 6.35 percent. The vote to halve the county …

Linn County supervisors expect to cut in half recommended salary increases for elected officials, a move at least one supervisor …