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JoCo Public Health Director: health job losses will be ‘catastrophic’

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 … more

State legislation will change JoCo Supervisor election process

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 … more

JoCo Board approves moving into second phase of county jail project

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 … more

Property tax bills likely to increase in Johnson County

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 … more

State special investigation uncovers improper spending in JoCo Conservation

IOWA CITY A state auditor’s special investigation covering more than five years of transactions and activities within Johnson County Conservation has shown more than $63,000 in improper … more

JoCo Chair Green opposes Driscoll in proposed Supervisor legislation

IOWA CITY For the second consecutive year, pending legislation in Iowa would change the way that the five members of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors would be elected into office, and … more

$6.5 million road project slated for 540th Street in Stringtown area

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 … more

JoCo name change: Veteran Affairs to turn into Veteran Services

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 … more

JoCo Supervisors agree to join the fight for mobile home residents

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 … more

Train service proposal linking Iowa City and North Liberty is all stop

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 … more

The conclusion on Johnson County’s jail: ‘Very, very bad condition’

IOWA CITY While Johnson County and the City of Iowa City decide whether they will join together to build a new police facility and jail, the county is facing a repair bill of more than $3 … more

JoCo Board agrees to help turn ‘nightmare’ into traffic roundabout

IOWA CITY One of Johnson County’s most growing areas has produced a road intersection that would challenge even the most gifted NASCAR driver. Said one Johnson County Sheriff deputy: … more

Ed Bartels appointed as interim Johnson County lead engineer

IOWA CITY Ed Bartels, Assistant Johnson County Engineer, was appointed by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to at least temporarily take over as the county’s lead engineer at the end … more

Lone Tree’s Green appointed as JoCo Supervisors Chair for 2025

IOWA CITY Former Lone Tree mayor Jon Green was appointed as Chair of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors during its organizational meeting last week and ran his first meeting the same day. … more

Q and A with JoCo Supervisor Chair Jon Green

IOWA CITY Jon Green, a rural Lone Tree resident and former mayor of Lone Tree, began a one-year term as Chair of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors with the Board’s organizational … more

A new year's political climb for former Lone Tree mayor

LONE TREE A December snow has painted the ground surrounding the Iowa River in rural Lone Tree a gorgeous white. The snow is so new and so untouched on this early winter afternoon that a … more

Porter is thanked in emotional JoCo Board's 2024 farewell session

IOWA CITY Royceann Porter fought back tears as she spoke. Porter, the first African-American to be voted to the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, made her final appearance at the … more

Bird flu scare: JoCo officials caution against drinking raw milk

IOWA CITY Public health officials in Johnson County are cautioning against drinking raw milk, especially with cases of bird flu on the rise. “We can still get it from animals and we … more

Agritourism proposal runs into split vote and neighbor opposition

IOWA CITY An event center that has been proposed for farmland northeast of Windham Village and Cosgrove ran into rezoning troubles at the Johnson County Board of Supervisors’ monthly … more

JoCo Supervisor Fixmer-Oraiz, on ‘high alert,’ considers resignation

IOWA CITY The election of Donald Trump as U.S. President nearly took out one of the five supervisors on the Johnson County Board. V Fixmer-Oraiz, a Democrat who is the first member of the … more
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