Marion News

The face of Marion is going to be altered forever and it's going to have a big impact on businesses and everyone who visits what was the heart of town.

Marion Police say a hotel clerk refused to let the business be robbed. Police were called to the Longbranch Best Western Hotel at 90 Twixt Town Road shortly after Midnight on November 16, 2009.

Marion Police say an on-duty mail carrier was found inside a home, drunk and lying on the kitchen floor.

Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by Cindy Hadish . Ann Jubeck suffered a heart attack this year at age 50.

Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . A mail carrier was found intoxicated inside a residence while on the job in Marion earlier this month, police said today.

Annie works her way into the home and heart of Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks and his secretary Grace .

Posted on Nov 11, 2009 by Admin . U.S. military veterans Edgerly Watts, Keith Wymore and Floyd Ondler, all of Cedar Rapids, listen to Don Bryant, of Cedar Rapids, as the veterans shared memories for the Marion/Cedar Rapids Optimist Club at Mr.

EASTERN IOWA / WASHINGTON, D.C. - " Like well-trained soldiers, a group of veterans in their 80s obeyed marching orders and began a 900 mile trek to the nation's capital on Tuesday.

Posted on Nov 10, 2009 by Rick Smith . Sign Productions Inc., which was flooded out of its location at 1010 First St.

Posted on Nov 09, 2009 by George Ford . Sam Hallerud of Marion runs with his dog Teddy at a park in a subdivision off of Alburnett Road in Marion on Friday, November 6, 2009.

Home > Blogs > Mulling it over > What is the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Corridor's brand and message? Blogs , Mulling it over What is the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City Corridor's brand and message? Posted on Nov 03, 2009 by Lyle Muller .

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.