Marion News

Posted on Nov 02, 2009 by Adam Belz . If you can't burn it, what do you do with it? Leaf pickup, long an issue confined to city limits in Linn County, is now under discussion at Linn County.

Anthony Edward Hamilton, 23, of 1197 Blairs Ferry Road Apt. 24 in Marion was arrested for assault on a peace officer with intent to injure at 1:08 a.m. Sunday, Nov.

One eastern Iowa family is putting the question - how early is too early to decorate for the holidays? - to the test.

Posted on Nov 03, 2009 by James Q. Lynch . Christopher Reed will formally announce his plans to seek the GOP nomination for the U.S. House from Iowa's 2nd District at 3:30 p.m., Nov.

A KGAN CBS 2 investigation, four months in the making, will leave you questioning exactly why and who gets put behind bars.

Marion Independent School District won an appeal to the Commissioner of Education Wednesday, changing the district's and Marion High School's status from 'academically unacceptable' to 'academically acceptable.' The annual ratings from the Texas Department of Education serve as a general benchmark on the progress of school districts and individual ...

Posted on Oct 30, 2009 by Admin . Power has been restored after an hour long outage that affected around 5,600 customers in Northeast Cedar rapids and Marion shortly before 3 p.m. According to Alliant Energy, a down power line caused the outage, likely due to the high winds this afternoon.

With Mayor David Gudgel declining to run for re-election, five residents are seeking to become the city's chief executive officer.

Posted on Oct 26, 2009 by Adam Belz . Particularly the parts north of County Home Road, that is.

Four weeks sober, Steve Sellers thought he had his drinking problem licked. His addiction, over the years, had increased to two fifths of vodka a day.

CEDAR RAPIDS a ' The attempted murder trials of Anthony McNeese and Justin Smith, accused of stabbing two Monticello teens, are reset to Jan.

DeGowin Blood Center will hold the following blood drives next week: * 8:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Antioch Christian Church in Marion.

An eastern Iowa school district has postponed a student reading program because of concerns about the flu.

Grab your boas and stilettos. Put your hands on your hips and get ready to do the " Time Warp " again.

Posted on Oct 19, 2009 by George Ford . Cookie Vanous, the owner of Czech Feather & Down Co.

Posted on Oct 16, 2009 by Admin . When mom-and-pop aviators Jan and Perry Walton bought the Marion Airport in 1983, it was a grass-strip runway in the middle of farm fields off Highway 151.

A Marion woman is accused of using stolen cars to get a bank loan. Police arrested Jennifer Steadman, 40, Monday on charges of money laundering and theft.

Posted on Oct 12, 2009 by David DeWitte . It looks like Robert Miell, the onetime rental property kingpin of Cedar Rapids, will be losing his $69 million real estate empire.

Posted on Oct 13, 2009 by Dave Rasdal . Paul Mahurin of Marion and Brian Anderson of Cedar Rapids used spare time at the Midas muffler shop, 3230 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, to create a caterpillar, a dog and a muffler man.

Posted on Oct 07, 2009 by Meredith Hines-Dochterman . MARION - The Linn-Mar High School Homecoming Parade will be held at 5 p.m.A The parade will begin at Indian Creek Elementary, proceed east on 29th Avenue, turn south on 31st Street, turn west on McGowan Boulevard, turn north on 24th Street, turn west on 29th Avenue and finish at Indian Creek ...