31st Street connection to Highway 100 is near
by Corey Munson · May 17th, 2012
After more than a year of delays, the project gets back on track

Appliance recycling center staying busy
by Corey Munson · May 17th, 2012
City officials and the press had a rare opportunity last week.

Civil War cemetery walk planned for weekend
by Staff Report · May 17th, 2012
Local Historian David Wendell will lead the tour at Oak Shade

LM offers summer reading program 'Passport'
by Nancy Grindle · May 17th, 2012
It's new, it's billed as the "ultimate summer adventure," and all Linn-Mar students currently enrolled in kindergarten through Grade 5 are invited to participate in the special Passport Summer Reading Program.

Central Corridor Project gets underway
by Corey Munson · May 10th, 2012
Ground breaking brings together local leaders

Contaminates in the soil along Sixth Ave a concern for some
by Corey Munson · May 10th, 2012
Even before the first shovels full of dirt kicked off work on Marion's Central Corridor Project Thursday, May 3, potentially dangerous levels of Arsenic were discovered in the soil along and under portions of Sixth Avenue.

LM Board selects 'Option A' for Aquatics Center
by Nancy Grindle · May 10th, 2012
At Monday night's meeting, May 7, the Linn-Mar Board of Education made its selection of the design for the new Aquatics Center building and pool.

LM group 'Wowed' at Camp Courageous Kinnick Day
by Cary J. Hahn · May 10th, 2012
Students from the Linn-Mar 'Success Center' participated in event

Quickfind Alert: Nathan Robert Fritze
by Corey Munson · May 7th, 2012
Fritze, 25, of Marion, has been missing since Saturday

UPDATED: Possible bomb removed on the square in Marion
by Corey Munson · April 30th, 2012
Cedar Rapids Police Bomb Squad called into remove the object

Community Calendar
by Staff Report · April 20th, 2012
Area events

Linn-Mar students move from ITBS/ITED testing to new Iowa Assessments
by Nancy Grindle · April 20th, 2012
The terms ITBS and ITED are familiar to almost everyone who has been a student or had children in school.

Linn-Mar's new Aquatic Center plans and finances examined
by Nancy Grindle · April 20th, 2012
At Monday's school board work session Jim Novak of Novak Design Group presented four options for the Linn-Mar Aquatic Center for the Linn-Mar Board of Education to consider.

Roundabout art dedication
by Staff Report · April 20th, 2012
On Monday, April 23, 2012, at 2pm in the afternoon, the City of Marion and the Marion Chamber of Commerce will dedicate the art in the roundabout at the intersection of 35th Street and the future Tower Terrace Road (north of 35th Avenue)

Benefit concert for Marion woman planned
by Corey Munson · April 19th, 2012
Lori Caylor Milsom will give a performance to aid her sister, Larissa Albaugh