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  Planning & Zoning reschedules second meeting for Nuclear Energy Zoning Code   The Linn County Planning & Zoning Commission is rescheduling its next discussion of proposed zoning regu…

  The City of Center Point, in partnership with Linn County, is holding an open house to provide information and receive public feedback on the update to its existing fringe area agree…

  Linn County will host a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, June 17 to explore how proposed changes in the federal reconciliation and tax bill, particularly cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, …

  Laura Drummy • Staff Photo   Thick, grayish haze blankets much of Eastern Iowa as smoke from the Canadian wildfires drifts southward. During the first week of June, the air carried a…

  Association of Iowa Fairs honors Dunn as 2024 Fairman of the Year   The Association of Iowa Fairs (AIF) is proud to announce that Jennifer Dunn, CVFM, IFMG, has been named the 2024 F…

  Longtime Coggon fire chief retires, remains active as volunteer   By Laura Drummy Laura@nelsonmediacompany.com   For nearly five decades, Brian Rowe has been a familiar face at the C…

  New campground, cabins at Pinicon Ridge Park unveiled at open house   By Laura Drummy laura@nelsonmediacompany.com    Linn County Conservation hosted an open house Saturday, June 7, …

  Annual Alburnett Car, Truck and Bike Show set for June 14 The seventh annual Alburnett Car, Truck and Bike Show will take place Saturday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown A…

  Thrifting for a good cause Center Point Library Friends used book sale set for June 20 and 21   Friends of the Center Point Library was thrifting before thrifting was cool.  For goin…

  Center Point Historical Society hosting ‘Legends and lore of Washington Street’ tour The Center Point Historical Society is doing a free walking tour of Washington Street at 2 p.m. o…

  Oregon man arrested in 1983 Cold Case Murder of rural Walker resident   By Laura Drummy  laura@nelsonmediacompany.com  More than four decades after the brutal killing of Ronald Lee N…

  Linn County holds beam-raising ceremony, marks new era for Secondary Roads Department   By Laura Drummy  laura@nelsonmediacompany.com    Linn County officials celebrated a major mile…

  County Conservation to host open house for new cabins, campground    Linn County Conservation is hosting an open house for the new Coneflower and Ridgewood Cabins, and Firefly Campgr…

  KAT Blue and The True Believers return to the Coggon By Cassandra Kyser The Coggon Opera House strives to book a variety of musicians to suit all tastes. So far this season, concert …

  Farmers State Bank Officer Promotions   Farmers State Bank (FSB) announces Officer updates, including promotions to SVP, Chief Operations Officer; SVP, Chief Financial Officer; and V…

  CPU receives Choose Iowa Food purchasing grant to bring fresh, local food to students Center Point-Urbana (CPU) Community School District is among 33 Iowa schools and school district…