Center Point News

Please go here to order Gazette photos. Zachary Pavlik, 8, refills his water gun while on the Pack 63 Cub Scouts float during the Hog Wild Days parade on Emmons Street in Hiawatha on June 21.

William "Bill" Cook, 71, of Stone Lake, Wis., died Saturday, June 28, 2008, as the result of an automobile accident.

The Salvation Army is opening a distribution center to help Linn County flood victims.

It's getting easier to drive to and from Palo. Blairs Ferry Road over the Cedar River into Palo is opening at 4 p.m. today and Lewis Access Road, the two-lane paved road that runs north to Center Point, should ...

The Spartans stomped Center Point-Urbana 18-1 in four innings and 13-3 in Center Point.

Two bridges leading into Palo in Linn County are closed, The Gazette has learned.

Strong thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes or at least destructive winds are moving through Linn, Johnson and other counties in Eastern Iowa early this evening.

Crews worked through rain and wind to return electrical service to thousands of Eastern Iowans left in the dark after a line of powerful thunderstorms rolled across the region, downing limbs and delivering yet ...

Especially for Supervisors Lu Barron and Linda Langston, Tuesday night was nerve-wracking. Both women prevailed in the Linn County Democratic primary, as did their colleague James Houser, but it was not a night ...

Incumbent Linn County Auditor Joel Miller swept to victory over Lyle Hanson in the Democratic primary election Tuesday while each of the incumbent supervisors - all Democrats - prevailed in closely contested ...

Should Linn County supervisors answer first to rural residents even though most of the county's residents live in the Cedar Rapids metro area? That was one of the questions at a forum for Linn County Democratic ...

The Associated Press DES MOINES -- State auditors allege that a small town librarian was selling off some of the books in the collection on the Internet and pocketing a portion of the money. via Hawk Eye

The Saturday apartment fire that killed Brenda Beard was caused by carelessly discarded smoking materials in the living room of the apartment, the State Fire Marshal's Office reported today. via The Gazette

“When we're done, I think everyone is going to flop over with exhaustion”

Brian Ray/The Gazette Cedar Amateur Astronomers members Doug Nauman of rural Anamosa and John Leeson of Hiawatha put the finishing touches on the inside of a dome housing a 24 inch Boller and Chivens telescope ... via The Gazette

Officials here are investigating the cause of a fire at a senior citizen housing complex that sent one woman to the hospital. via The Gazette

A semi-truck driver received minor injuries Wednesday night when a heavy sandbag thrown from an Interstate 380 overpass landed on the roof of his truck cab, the Iowa State Patrol reported. via The Gazette

Linn County sheriff's deputies took at call about a burglary at 102 S. Locust in Prairieburg around 11 p.m. Saturday night. via KCRG

“The thing that's just so amazing is Friday we shot five coyotes from here to Urbana”

When the coyote came bounding down the south side of a patch of switchgrass on Mark Boddicker's land west of Walker, it was clear there would be no escape. via The Gazette

“I don't know if it will make too much of a difference the rest of the year. Hopefully, we have only a couple of weeks left--we should be ok.”

Some small towns in Eastern Iowa are about to battle the latest round of winter weather without much snow and ice-melting ammunition left. via KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

Two Center Point residents were injured Friday night in a one-vehicle rollover accident on North Center Point Road, just south of Alice Road. via The Gazette