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🌱 Patch AM: How Marion is quietly defying Iowa’s rollback of trans protections
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- How Marion is quietly defying Iowa’s rollback of trans protections
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📰 News we're reading
• Some communities keep trans civil rights rules despite Iowa law change (desmoinesregister.com subscription) — Marion is among several Iowa cities keeping local protections against gender-identity discrimination, even after the state removed those safeguards from the Iowa Civil Rights Act. Local ordinances in Marion, Cedar Rapids and other communities still bar discrimination, though officials acknowledge the legal limits and the risk that state lawmakers could try to preempt these local rules. 
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Amana Elementary School , 3023 220th Trail , Middle Amana
6:30 pm - Christmas Day 2025
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Ely Public Library , 1595 Dows St , Ely
2:00 pm - Kids Ice Fishing Clinic
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City of Coralville Calendar , 1401 5th St. , Coralville
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- 🎄✨ Holiday Closure Notice ✨🎄
Most City offices will be closed on Wednesday, December 24, and Thursday, December 25, in observance of the Christmas holiday. (Nextdoor ) - holiday lights on Victorian home.
6th Ave, behind country kitchen, in Marion,. #holidays (Nextdoor Indian Creek)
- Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Marion. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Hiawatha
- Corridor Coffee Shop is Remodeled, Excited to Welcome Customers (wearedubuque.com)
- Sen. Grassley nominates 31 Iowa students for prestigious U.S. military academies (cbs2iowa.com)
Cedar Rapids
- Cedar Rapids to get first senior center in 20 years after $2M boost from anonymous donor (cbs2iowa.com)
- Cedar Rapids launches real-time snow plow tracker for residents (kwwl.com)
- Curbside collection and drop-off recycling available for Christmas trees in Cedar Rapids (cbs2iowa.com)
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