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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
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/5/25 12:08 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
Lone Tree Community School is proud to announce that it has been honored with the prestigious Better Together 2030 “Inspire” Award. This award recognizes educational institutions that go above …
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2/7/25 08:00 AM
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
Gradual growth, pleasant parks, and family festivals are what make Lone Tree an attractive community, mayor Josh Spilman tells Emily Marner. As he enters his final year in office, he takes time to …
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By Emily Marner |
1/31/25 08:00 AM
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: …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/22/25 01:54 AM
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/16/25 08:16 PM
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.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/8/25 01:14 AM
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 …
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Compiled and edited by Paul D. Bowker |
1/8/25 01:02 AM
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/5/25 02:42 AM
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/2/25 11:04 PM
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
12/27/24 09:31 PM
LONE TREE
It can be hard to catch up once you’ve fallen behind, and the Lone Tree school district knows this. In an act of holiday spirit, the district is making sure families don’t have to …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/27/24 08:00 AM
DES MOINES
When dancers from Lone Tree and Mid-Prairie high schools arrived in Des Moines on Dec. 4, their hearts raced with excitement and nerves. They had been preparing for this weekend since …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/20/24 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
12/20/24 12:51 AM
RIVERSIDE
Smiles abounded Wednesday night at the Riverside Casino’s ballroom, where representatives of area cities and nonprofits gathered for the Washington County Riverboat Foundation’s …
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By Cheryl Allen |
12/13/24 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
12/12/24 12:03 AM
