Linn County to keep ban on firearms on property
Linn County supervisors move to adopt a policy banning any firearm or dangerous weapon from county property including courthouses. Exceptions cover licensed professionals doing county business and weapons may stay in vehicles in county lots. The rule is policy not an ordinance and violators may face trespassing charges.
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Linn County Democrats Caucus March 12 in Marion
Linn County Democrats will hold an off year caucus March 12 from 9 a.m. to noon at Red Cedar Lodge in Marion. A chili cook-off and lunch follow until 3 p.m. For details visit LinnCounty Democrats.org.
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Solon Lowers Levy Rate but Raises Overall Property Taxes
Solon approves a slight levy rate decrease to 10.71 per thousand starting July 1, yet homeowners face higher taxes next year. A $100,000 home would pay about $520 in 2012 property taxes, up from $505, due to the rate drop and a higher state rollback formula from 46.91 percent to 48.53 percent. The city’s total fiscal 2012 budget is $573,867.
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Solon
Grass fed burgers win in Solon High taste test
Solon High School bioethics students compared corn fed and grass fed beef in a class cookout. They tasted two burgers and rib eyes from each diet, plus a hybrid option, and favoring grass fed and hybrid for flavor and texture.
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Meredith Hines-Dochterman
Gazette Olon
Shawn Connally
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Solon High School
Zach Hughes
Claudia Schultz
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Johnson County property values flat for another year
Johnson County and Iowa City assessors report property valuations largely unchanged due to the recession. Mailings of assessments expected by early April. notable activity only in ultra high end and certain $300,000 to $400,000 homes, with vacant commercial land also weak. Taxes based on new assessments available 18 months later. protests accepted April 16 to May.
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Johnson County
Denny Baldridge
Greazel
Baldridge
Gregg.hennigan
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