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IOWA CITY
When the Johnson County Board of Supervisors approved a Fiscal Year 2026 Juvenile Detention Services Agreement with Linn County during a June 17 session, there was little discussion.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
7/9/25 03:35 AM
IOWA CITY
Lone Tree and Hills are emerging as potential housing destinations in Johnson County.
Preliminary findings by the consultant group CommunityScale on a housing study of …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
7/2/25 01:48 AM
IOWA CITY
When Mazahir Salih, Mayor Pro Tem of Iowa City and Executive Director of the Immigrant Welcome Network of Johnson County, appeared in front of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
6/13/25 05:42 PM
HILLS
The threat of wind, rain and thunder did not deter folks from gathering at Hills Fire Station on Tuesday morning, June 3, where they posed for photos, cut a ribbon, and munched a celebratory …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/13/25 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
Johnson County’s five-year plan for capital improvements and maintenance includes more than $149 million in improvements.
Melissa Robert, Special Projects Manager, presented …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/28/25 01:58 AM
IOWA CITY
A U.S. Geological Survey study of the Silurian Aquifer projects that there will be a “drawdown” of up to 13 meters of water in the next 20 years in the Iowa City area.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/21/25 01:41 AM
Ask anyone about the pancake breakfast served the Hills Fire Department each spring, and they’ll gush over the sides of sausage, biscuits and gravy, and potatoes, never mind the generously frosted …
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Photos by Roger Weber |
5/16/25 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
Sue Dvorsky of Coralville, a former chair of the Iowa Democratic Party, and Nathan Mueller, a Solon resident who is Assistant Director of the Johnson County Department of Planning, …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/13/25 10:09 PM
IOWA CITY
Snyder & Associates, a civil engineering firm with an office in Cedar Rapids, was selected to conduct inspection services of a natural gas pipeline extension near Hills that is in …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/7/25 03:02 AM
HILLS
Earth Day observation may not typically involve gift-giving, but Hills residents received a meaningful one from the City on Tuesday, April 22 with the dedication of Songbird Sanctuary Park, …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/2/25 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
The Johnson County Jail is beginning a transition that will turn control center operators into detention officers.
“We’re kind of a dinosaur,” Sheriff Brad …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
4/30/25 02:11 AM
IOWA CITY
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will vote Thursday on adopting its Fiscal Year 2026 budget, which includes $166.45 million in expenditures.
A public hearing was held April …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
4/22/25 08:25 PM
IOWA CITY
Danielle Pettit-Majewski was in tears.
She attended the Johnson County Board of Supervisors’ formal session April 3 because the Board was celebrating Public Health Week with …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
4/9/25 01:30 AM
IOWA CITY
Lone Tree and Hills, along with rural areas in southwestern Johnson County, will get their own Johnson County Supervisor under legislation that was passed by the state legislature last …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/26/25 02:42 AM
IOWA CITY
Johnson County is moving ahead with plans to strengthen the structure of the county jail.
The Board of Supervisors, during its March 13 formal session, approved a professional …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/18/25 11:27 PM
IOWA CITY
Property tax bills will be increasing in Johnson County in Fiscal Year 2026.
But just how much?
As the Board of Supervisors and the county’s financial staffers finalize …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/11/25 11:38 PM
IOWA CITY
A 6.5 million road restoration in the Stringtown area is among the road projects coming up over the spring and summer in Johnson County.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
2/26/25 12:18 AM
IOWA CITY
At a time when large federal cuts by the Trump Administration may cut jobs in the Veterans Administration, Johnson County is looking at changing the name of its Veteran Affairs Office …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
2/19/25 12:09 AM
IOWA CITY
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors intends on addressing issues at mobile home parks in the unincorporated areas of the county as soon as this week.
A number of residents …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
2/12/25 06:16 PM
IOWA CITY
The dream of a rail service connecting the University of Iowa and Iowa City with North Liberty and Coralville had become so real that Lone Tree’s Jon Green, a Johnson County …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
2/5/25 01:49 AM
