Marion News

This statue was taken earlier this week from Brigitte Meyer-Jenniges' front yard at 3430 24th Ave., Marion.

A little cigarette butt is to blame for last night's blaze at a Marion cabinet business.

An online investigation into child pornography and prostitution this week led to the arrest of a 54-year-old Cedar Rapids woman.

Kim Zach and Pat Zach listen as Cedar Rapids City Manager Jim Prosser speaks during the 'In the Neighborhood' picnic held at Cedar Valley Park last night.

This Duramed Pharmaceutical Company is worldwide and works with generic ingredients for women's health care products.

Nathan Lein of Oelwein wrestles with a sturdy piece of plastic, possibly from a portable toilet, as he helps clean up along Big Creek near Marion during the annual Project Aware river cleanup Tuesday.

Christine Smart of Marion recently opened Designing Moves, an interior design and senior move management company that helps people downsize their homes.

Ask Tony Kassouf how to determine if a business is local and he will ask: 'Where does the buck stop?' Kassouf, co-owner of Cibo Fusion restaurant and lounge, 685 Marion Blvd.

Don't expect to text your emergency in the Cedar Rapids area any time soon. Black Hawk County is set next month to become the first county in the nation to use text messaging in its emergency communications, but officials in Linn and Johnson counties have such plans.

People in Linn County will have a chance to see history come to life tonight. A special military convoy featuring about 60 World War Two military vehicles will ride through Marion and arrive in Cedar Rapids tonight between five and seven.

Khloe Johnson of Cedar Rapids talks Wednesday with camp coordinator Ray Bridges of Marion during Camp Noah at St.

Lawrence Lamar Newell, 28, of 900 Grand Ave. in Marion was arrested for drunken driving at 2:16 a.m. Sunday, Jun.

Linn County Treasurer Mike Stevenson points to a buyer of a property at Linn County's annual tax sale on Monday at a lodge in Squaw Creek Park in Marion.

Richard Neil 'Dick' Moran, 70, a resident of Willow Gardens Care Center in Marion, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died at the care center, Wednesday, June 10, 2009, after a short illness.

Thousands of people ran and walked the "Run the Flood" event in Cedar Rapids, a benefit for flood recovery efforts.

A judge ruled Wednesday to transfer a sex abuse case charging a 17-year-old to juvenile court based on the teen's clean criminal record and his remorse.

People in about a dozen Yankton homes were told to leave their houses due to a natural gas leak Tuesday evening.

An employee of L.L. Pelling Co. works on equipment near a conveyer after an apparent explosion near the site Wednesday in Marion.

We have also distributed tens of thousands of dollars in furniture and household items to over 70 individuals and helped with medical aid, legal issues and the confusing, never-ending paperwork.

Four men were injured late Friday in a single car accident on southbound Interstate 380, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.