When Dallas was first hired by 7G Distributing, he was an hourly employee who picked cases of beer from the warehouse and loaded them on delivery trucks. He was a night stocker looking for ways to advance a young career. Lucky for Dallas, 7G remained focused on showing him pathways to new opportunities within the company. 7G has been delivering beer in

Tom Treharne, longtime community development director for the City of Marion, is stepping down in early December to pursue a new opportunity in the private sector. Treharne joined the City of Marion in 2001 as planning and development director. In 2019, he became the community development director with the merging of the Planning and Development and

Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds help cities, counties and states to recover from Presidentially declared disasters. Disaster recovery funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been appropriated for disaster recovery from the August 2020 derecho. Linn County is expected to receive