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Cedar Rapids maps track construction with new online tool
Government Notes reports Cedar Rapids launched an online Construction Map with up to date road closures and project details. The Linn Marshall school board will vote today on the 2026 fiscal year budget after a public hearing at the Learning Resource Center. The plan includes a 17.99 tax levy with a 5 cent proposed increase for management levy to cover insurance and retirement costs. Community listening sessions for Iowa City Comprehensive Plan run across five venues in coming weeks. Marion Farmers Market returns Saturday at Willowood Park with 30 vendors and weekly council office hours. The Cedar Rapids Downtown Farmers Market opens June 7. Plans for a 92 unit Talon Development apartment complex on Stone Creek Circle move through rezoning steps. Linn County Supervisor Brandy Meisheid will give the State of the County address May 22. The Busse Unit of Boys & Girls Clubs of the Corridor opens June 4 in Cedar Rapids. Government Notes is published Mondays.