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Johnson County Jail to get additional investigative work and design

IOWA CITY Johnson County is moving ahead with additional investigation and design work for its current jail and sheriff’s offices. A building stabilization project will include the … more

Lone Tree author draws crowd at hometown event

LONE TREE What would happen if you said ‘yes’ to everything? Every opportunity, every idea, every project? You might have a story to tell. Donna Schuessler Bean may not have said … more

Lone Tree Fun Fly set to soar June 13-14

LONE TREE A lot of us play a short game. We’re looking for the quick craft, the instant purchase, the two-minute meal. And in economic world that favors efficiency and speed, you can’t really … more

Lone Tree Economic Development Group approves logo, bylaws, officers

LONE TREE Five board members of the Lone Tree Economic Development Group gathered around the conference room table Monday, the sixth present virtually, peering into their phones at the final three … more

Memorial Day

Lone Tree Economic Development Committee narrows down logos

LONE TREE Board members of the newly formed Lone Tree Economic Development Committee got their first look at logo designs created by Robyn Hepker, a designer with Benson & Hepker Design of Iowa … more

THE COMEBACK KIDS

LONE TREE The pandemic years did a number on education. Students nationwide experienced learning disruptions that negatively affected test scores, especially in math, and the Nation’s Report … more

Lone Tree authors share stories June 4

“That’s Just the Way It Was,” by Donna Schuessler Bean in collaboration with sister Joyce Schuessler Werden, is an autobiographical account of Bean’s life, beginning with her childhood … more

Lone Tree Future Pathways Parade

Where do Lone Tree’s 2025 graduates see themselves in the future? Some are headed into the workforce, others to college. They aim to become welders and estheticians, social workers and large animal … more

USGS study predicts water problems in Johnson County over coming years

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. … more

Dvorsky, Mueller, McInerney named to JoCo redistricting commission

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, … more

Johnson County Jail moving toward increase of detention officers

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 … more

Lone Tree man arrested for domestic assault, child endangerment

On April 17, 2025, at approximately 1 a.m., the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a domestic assault at a residence in Lone Tree. Upon arrival, the deputy located a victim with injuries … more

Lone Tree Community Foundation awarded Paint Iowa Beautiful grant

Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful are proud to announce the Lone Tree Community Foundation is among the recipients of the 2025 Paint Iowa Beautiful grants. This long-standing partnership supports … more

JoCo Supervisors to vote on $166.4M budget in Thursday session

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 … more

Lone Tree Easter Egg Hunt

Brand creation first step for new Lone Tree Economic Development Committee

LONE TREE “What is absolutely true about Lone Tree that you can’t generalize to any other community in the Johnson County area?” That’s the question five Lone Tree natives contemplated … more

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
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