Linn County News

Elvin Mackerman explains the anatomy of a peony at the Peony Gardens in Center Point.

Robert Watkins III has admitted his role in a robbery that led to the beating of Cedar Rapids Police Officer Tim Davis.

The I-JOBS review committee approved its first seven flood-recovery projects Wednesday but temporarily tabled a review for a new Elkader fire station.

Linn County Sixth Judicial District Judge Fae Hoover-Grinde hugs Corrina Todd after Todd receives her Certificate of Achievement during the graduation of the Linn County Drug Court program held on Monday, June 29, 2009 at the Linn County Courthouse.

No arrests have been made in the Cedar Rapids shooting death of Dominique Mosby next to a patio outside an apartment along Glass Road on Friday night.

The I-Jobs board created by the Governor and lawmakers will distribute millions of dollars for job-creating projects and flood recovery.

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.

Connie Gates has been found guilty of two counts of vehicular homicide and two lesser charges.

Clouds move in near Prairie High School today. Southern Linn, southern Jones, Johnson, Cedar, and western Muscatine counties are now under a severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 p.m. Other area counties are under a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. Numerous trees are being reported down in the Cedar Rapids area, some blocking roadways.

One person is dead and another is injured following a motorcyle accident in Linn County.

One of the most poignant moments of the flood commemoration ceremony held Saturday morning was when the five members of the Cedar Rapids City Council each took a bouquet of flowers and placed them into the Cedar River.

Eastern Iowa families can explore the outdoors in two great Linn County Parks. Linn County, Iowa has nearly 7,000 acres of parks and natural parks as well Linn County Parks Neigborhood: as two educational areas the Eastern Iowa Observatory and Learning Center and the Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center.

These Linn County employees drive home with county vehicles: Dan Biechler, conservation director.

Last year's flood wiped out the Linn County Youth Shelter. Now the building in northwest Cedar Rapids could be demolished.

There's still no date set for the first-degree murder trial of Lee Muldoon, 24, of Coggon, who is accused of killing 2-year-old Skylar Inman last July.

Shirley Anderson Reynolds returned to her flood-damaged home with her son, Wayne Anderson, to gather some plants from the yard.

The Federal Railroad Administration has approved $9million to rebuild railroad bridges over the Cedar River that were washed away a year ago by floods.

Five recent Jefferson High School graduates faces charges they vandalized the school last week, police said.

It's almost time for cities, counties and nonprofits to compete for state grants of up to $50 million for public construction projects that further disaster recovery.

Buffalo gnats pose a particular danger to chickens. Swarms of tiny black flies, also called buffalo gnats because of their humped backs, are on the attack in Palo, Cedar Rapids and other areas hit by last year's floods.