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Marion Today.org
March 1, 2018
Take Action Speaker, Kevin Drahos, who also serves on the State of Iowa Youth Advisory Council (SIYAC), told those in attendance to call, email, and talk face-to-face with local legislators. "I can't promise that they'll listen if you contact them by yourself, but when we come together and flood the legislatorsÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
February 9, 2018
However, Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner remains steadfast in his belief that a full consolidation is not in the county's best interest. Among Gardner's ... The report notes that all three centers are understaffed, and that the Cedar Rapids and Linn County 911 locations are at risk due to flooding. “SituationalÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
February 7, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS — Just one week after Supervisors opened proposals from two contractors for Linn County's future public health and youth ... likened Miller's comments to arguments made against local municipalities' use of project labor agreements for public building projects following the 2008 flood.
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
February 2, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS — With more than two decades of experience under his belt as a Linn County Supervisor, James Houser is seeking another term. ... After the 2008 flood, Houser was among those who worked to rebuild and reopen county facilities including the Linn County Courthouse, Jail, Sheriff's Office,Ãâà...
Iowa Public Radio
January 29, 2018
It is a political payback and it's political favoritism, and it's one of the worst abuses I've seen in a long time in the state of Iowa.” Understandably, contractors not invited to submit bids don't like Linn County's plan, and that extends to the Associated General Contractors of Iowa, representing contractors doingÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
January 22, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS — The Linn County Emergency Management Commission has selected longtime Cedar Rapids police officer Steven O'Konek to lead the ... O'Konek was incident commander for the city of Cedar Rapids during the 2016 flood and served as a police commander during the 2008 flood,Ãâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
January 3, 2018
Linn County supervisors on Wednesday approved financing for the project, and is seeking proposals from six local contractors for the building, which ... That's the location of the former Options of Linn County, which was destroyed in the 2008 flood and that was later declared by the city of Cedar Rapids toÃâà...
KCRG
January 2, 2018
The project, set to go up on 7th Street S.E. in Cedar Rapids, is on county-owned land where a building was damaged in the 2008 flooding. Iowa lawmakers voted to allow reconstruction projects in such an urban renewal zone without voter approval unless enough signatures are collected to force aÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
December 29, 2017
OPN Architects This artist's rendering shows the new Linn County Public Health and Child and Youth Development Services building planned for 1019 ... get contentious or controversial,” Jeff Schott, director of the University of Iowa's Institute of Public Affairs, said Friday in an interview about the process.
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
November 30, 2017
From the fireman's helmet he wore as an arson investigator with the Iowa City Police Department to his current position as director of the Linn County ... One of the biggest moments in Goldberg's career, he said, came with 2008's record flooding, when he was community emergency response spokesman.
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
October 3, 2017
Les Beck, Linn County director of planning and development, said during a Monday work session that all options remain on the table. One hope is the effort helps the county repurpose some of the land — located south of Gardner Golf Course — purchased by the county last November. “We don't want toÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
September 2, 2017
Linn County Supervisor James Houser talks Sept. 27, 2016, about flood protection measures including moving furniture and other items from courtrooms and offices on the first floor up to the ground floor the Linn County Courthouse on May's Island in Cedar Rapids. To prepare for possible flooding, crewsÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
May 27, 2017
Water in the swollen Cedar River flows Sept. 27, 2016, past the Linn County Courthouse and the Linn County Jail on May's Island in Cedar Rapids. Crews placed about 4,500 feet of sand-filled barriers using 4,000 tons of sand to protect Linn County buildings in the flood zone. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette).
Cedar Valley Daily Times
December 31, 1999
Prohibition was the period of time when it was illegal to manufacture, transport or sell liquor in the U.S. This included Iowa. So, why then, did farmers ... But, in Iowa, over 75% of the work projects dealt with soil erosion and conservation, flood and drought prevention, and planting trees. Monticello had a soilÃâà...
