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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
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 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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
3/5/25 01:11 AM
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
KALONA
It took more than one village to extinguish a barn fire in rural Kalona on Saturday, but area firefighters got the job done without damage to adjacent structures. About 2 p.m., Kalona Fire …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/28/25 08:00 AM
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
Wisconsin is wonderful. Every Friday you can find a fish fry somewhere, those glorious, battered fish filets with sides of fries, slaw, and rye bread offered everywhere from bars and …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/21/25 08:00 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
ALTOONA
It wasn’t the result Washington County was hoping for, and leaders fought hard to prevent it, but the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission concluded Thursday that the proposed Cedar …
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By Cheryl Allen |
2/14/25 08:00 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
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
1/28/25 06:20 PM
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
