DES MOINES – A House committee unanimously approved legislation creating uniform rules for the use of red light cameras and speed cameras by Iowa cities. The goal of House Study Bill 93 is consistency from town to town, floor manager Rep. Ralph Watts, R-Adel, told the House Transportation Committee. Five Iowa communities — Cedar...
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DES MOINES – A pair of Iowa lawmakers are taking an alternate route to reining in abuse of handicap parking permits. Rep. Dave Tjepkes, R-Gowrie, and Jim Lykam, D-Davenport, had proposed House File 79 requiring all the permits to be renewed. However, they discovered approximately 465,000 handicap parking permits have been issued to 272,000...
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Rep. Todd Taylor, D-Cedar Rapids, has been appointed to the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council by Iowa House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Des Moines. The council helps the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy set standards and provide essential, timely, and cost-effective law enforcement training. The council plays a role in guiding the work of the...
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Childhood obesity and drug and alcohol use among the public health priorities identified by the county’s annual survey of its residents. The county’s 2011 survey convinced Linn County Public Health’s governing board to set a goal of preventing growth in the number of overweight county residents, Director Curtis Dickson and planner Ann Hearn told...
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Linn-Mar Superintendent Katie Mulholland has been named to the Iowa Board of Regents by Gov. Terry Branstad. The governor also appointed Feb. 25 that Bruce Rastetter and Nicole Carroll to the nine-member board that oversees Iowa’s three regents universities — University of Iowa, Iowa State University, University of Northern Iowa — and the Iowa...
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The Linn County Treasurer’s Office would like to remind residents that the semiannual installment of property and mobile home taxes are now being accepted and are due March 31. Property taxes can be paid by mail, online or in person. Continue reading
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OUT WITH THE OLDEST: The Iowa Department of Transportation will get a $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration to replace Iowa’s 50 oldest statewide vehicles. The nine buses and 41 vans that will be replaced are part of 17 of Iowa’s transit systems, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa,...
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TIPTON – Cedar County Sheriff Warren Wethington walks past a sign in the office that reads “The Second Amendment is Respected & Protected Here!” on his way into work each day. “The previous two sheriffs were not as liberal with issuing permits,” Wethington said Wednesday.  “I took over being very pro-gun.” As the new rules...
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Board of Supervisors Approves Local Option Sales Tax Resolutions Continue reading
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CEDAR RAPIDS- Linn County Supervisors made some final choices on Wednesday that will set the ballot language for the upcoming local option sales tax extension vote on May 3rd. One resolution divided up where the money would go if residents in the unincorporated areas of Linn County approve extending the one cent tax for...
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