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When Johnson County’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Leadership Team delivered an update that included scoring and removing a number of proposed projects last week, Supervisor Rod Sullivan …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
10/14/21 10:54 AM
The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawk Marching Band placed first in class 2A at the 2021 Muskie Marching Invitational at Muscatine High School on Saturday, October 9.
The band is directed under Mr. David …
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By Emily Marner |
10/14/21 10:51 AM
Competition for paramedics and getting Medicare financial reimbursement for services is making the county Emergency Services/Ambulance Department to consider everything from sign-on bonus for …
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By Mary Zielinski |
10/14/21 10:32 AM
Karen Alderson will present the October 30 program for the Iowa City Genealogical Society. She will review the history of adoption laws in Iowa, including the closing of records for adoptions …
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10/14/21 10:31 AM
Dale Johnson has never had a Lone Tree address, but he considers Lone Tree his hometown. He was born on a farm eight miles north of town and went to country school until fifth grade, when he started …
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By Molly Roberts |
10/14/21 10:06 AM
Southern Johnson County residents, including those living in the Lone Tree and Hills areas, will get their say in the spending of $29.3 million in America Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds on Tuesday, …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
10/5/21 03:05 PM
It was a long day — Dave Swartzendruber had to be at the Cedar Rapids airport by 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 21 and didn’t return to the airport until after 8:30 p.m. But in between, he …
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By Molly Roberts |
10/5/21 02:27 PM
Absentee ballots for the Nov. 2 regular city/school elections to be held in Washington County will become available on Oct. 13 in the Washington County Auditor’s office. Requests for mailed …
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10/5/21 02:11 PM
The Johnson County Secondary Road Department is moving ahead with the long-awaited vacation of an unused roadway in the southwest part of the county.
A number of property owners have asked that a …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
9/30/21 12:42 PM
The Red Flag Horseless Carriage Tour started in England in 1896, but an offshoot of that tour has come to Iowa. The original tour traveled from London to Brighton, England and, since Iowa has a New …
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By Molly Roberts |
9/29/21 05:12 PM
Thanks to a donation from Vested Interest, a charitable non-profit, Washington County K-9 officer Dzamal has a bullet and stab protective vest. The new armor is embroidered with “Gifted …
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9/21/21 03:44 PM
Armyworms have come to Iowa. Fall armyworms might show up in the state on any given year, but Rebecca Vittetoe, field agronomist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, said this is an …
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By Molly Roberts |
9/21/21 03:10 PM
Lone Tree Community School has been chosen by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors to be host of an upcoming American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) public session.
The county, which has been awarded …
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By Paul Bowker |
9/14/21 03:48 PM
Maurie Campbell, who lives in Kalona, was an Army Reserve chaplain who was mobilized after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and ended up spending two and a half years at the Pentagon helping people …
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By Molly Roberts |
9/14/21 03:41 PM
Johnson County Public Health officials are seeking to nearly double the number of close-contact tracers as COVID cases rise with the delta variant.
“We are seeing a dramatic increase in …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
9/7/21 03:22 PM
Like most of the country, Iowa has experienced an increase in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in recent weeks.
Because of the success of our vaccine campaign, current numbers are a …
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8/31/21 02:48 PM
Johnson County was recently recognized by AARP as an age-friendly community and was officially accepted into the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities. Johnson County is the first …
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8/31/21 02:16 PM
On Monday, Aug. 23, the FDA authorized full approval for one COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, will now be marketed as Comirnaty for the prevention of …
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8/24/21 04:39 PM
The Ladies Auxiliary lunch, in conjunction with the Richmond Sons of Amvets annual Bobby TeBockhorst Horseshoe tournament on Sunday, August 22 raised $830 for school supplies for area elementary …
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By Ron Slechta |
8/24/21 04:38 PM
Many members of the Lone Tree Flyers have been building and flying radio-controlled airplanes for over 50 years, since they were children. But the club is always looking for more members and want to …
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By Molly Roberts |
8/24/21 04:36 PM
