Linn County

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Judge hears Linn County casino license lawsuit arguments; ruling expected by July

Attorneys presented starkly contrasting views on Linn County voters’ 2021 approval of a casino gambling referendum during a judicial review hearing Wednesday on a lawsuit challenging the ballot language in that referendum – and the subsequent issuance of a gaming…

ECICOG to conduct Linn County housing study

The East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG) recently finalized a contract with Linn County…

ECICOG housing study

Grow Solar Linn + Johnson Counties receives 2022 ISAC Excellence in Action award

Grow Solar Linn + Johnson Counties received the 2022 Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC)…

Grow Solar ISAC award

Linn County wins national communication award

Linn County’s communications department won the City-County Communications and Marketing Association (3CMA) Award of Excellence…

Where did Iowa’s local COVID-19 relief funds go?

The COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, yet the federal government took over a year…

Linn supervisors approve second consideration of Duane Arnold Solar rezoning request

UPDATE: Rezoning requests for a pair of industrial-scale solar projects near the former Duane Arnold…

Linn County supervisors Duane Arnold Solar

Linn County awards $200K in economic development funds

The Linn County Board of Supervisors awarded $200,000 in economic and community development funding to…

Wolf Carbon Solutions seeks public meetings for proposed liquid carbon dioxide pipeline

Wolf Carbon Solutions has requested a series of public informational meetings in five Iowa counties,…

Wolf Carbon pipeline route

Cedar Rapids opens final ARPA funding round

Beginning June 16, the City of Cedar Rapids and Linn County declared businesses are now…

The Linn County Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids

Navigator enters agreement with world’s largest ethanol producer

Navigator CO2 Ventures announced June 7 they will be providing carbon capture, utilization and storage…

An updated map of Navigator CO2 Ventures' proposed carbon pipeline through Iowa.

Linn County sets public meetings to review Duane Arnold Solar projects

Linn County officials have scheduled public meetings of the Planning & Zoning Commission and the…

Solar panels

Linn County official asks NextEra to consider raising Duane Arnold Solar panel heights

Most of Thursday’s Technical Review Committee meeting to review NextEra Energy Resource’s rezoning applications for…

Members of the Linn County Technical Review Committee discuss details of the Duane Arnold Solar projects with NextEra Energy representatives during a committee meeting Thursday, May 19, 2022 at the Jean Oxley Administrative Office Building in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT RICHARD PRATT

Dows Farm ‘agri-community’ development in Linn County set to begin soon

Development work on the long-planned and oft-discussed Dows Farm Urban Renewal Area in Linn County…

Rendering for Dows Farm

Rogers: Linn County persevered through challenges, but many more lie ahead

Linn County has persevered admirably through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the August…

The Linn County Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids

Linn County supervisors award first round of ARPA funding

The Linn County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday awarded the first round of funding from…

The Linn County Jean Oxley Public Service Center in Cedar Rapids

Mental Health Access Center expands hours to include weekends

Linn County has expanded its walk-in hours at the Mental Health Access Center to include…