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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
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
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
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
IOWA CITY
Erin Shane, who had been the interim auditor in Johnson County, was appointed as the new Board of Supervisors Executive Director during the board’s November 26 formal session.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
12/4/24 12:08 AM
IOWA CITY
The number of hours of police protection for Lone Tree will go down next July, when the next fiscal year begins.
A Fiscal Year 2026 28E contract with the Johnson County …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
11/29/24 07:25 PM
IOWA CITY
For six hours a week, often more, you’ll find 15 high school students working nights and weekends in the basement of a building at the Johnson County Fairgrounds.
They aren’t …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/29/24 08:00 AM
KALONA
On Tuesday, Nov. 12, the Iowa Department of Education released new state school performance ratings and federal designations, determined for the first time using the state’s new …
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By Cheryl Allen |
11/22/24 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
While millions of dollars have yet to be actually spent, Johnson County has appropriated, or directed, $27.8 million of the $29.3 million it was allocated in American Rescue Plan Act …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
11/19/24 09:17 PM
IOWA CITY
Johnson County voters overwhelmingly approved a $30 million bond referendum for conservation projects in last week’s election.
In an election that produced a record number …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
11/12/24 09:36 PM