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IOWA CITY
The GuideLink Center, which is based in Iowa City and offers urgent care in mental health and substance abuse cases, is sinking into survival mode.
Johnson County Supervisors are …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
7/15/25 07:50 PM
IOWA CITY
When the Johnson County Board of Supervisors approved a Fiscal Year 2026 Juvenile Detention Services Agreement with Linn County during a June 17 session, there was little discussion.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
7/9/25 03:35 AM
IOWA CITY
Lone Tree and Hills are emerging as potential housing destinations in Johnson County.
Preliminary findings by the consultant group CommunityScale on a housing study of …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
7/2/25 01:48 AM
KALONA
Earlier this year the federal government decided to stop producing pennies once it runs out of blanks. But that doesn’t mean the existing coins are worthless; pennies add up, and when …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/27/25 08:00 AM
SHARON CENTER
Imagine sitting down at a school board meeting and glancing over the agenda. At the top is the school’s mission statement: To develop unique, original, imaginative and fertile …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/27/25 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
Johnson County is moving ahead with a project that could create a home in Iowa City for a number of homeless veterans.
The Board of County Supervisors, at its June 17 formal …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
6/24/25 04:49 PM
The Friends of Historic Preservation (FHP) is proud to announce a $5,000 donation to the Friends of Historic Sharon Community Center, Inc. in support of their work to restore the Historic High …
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6/20/25 08:00 AM
Twenty-four area home-schooled students attended the 2025 Future Problem Solving International Competition at Indiana University in Bloomington from June 4 – 8.
Sixteen of the students competed …
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6/20/25 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
6/18/25 03:03 AM
IOWA CITY
When Mazahir Salih, Mayor Pro Tem of Iowa City and Executive Director of the Immigrant Welcome Network of Johnson County, appeared in front of the Johnson County Board of Supervisors …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
6/13/25 05:42 PM
Southeast Iowa will be well represented at the 2025 Future Problem Solving International Competition this week, June 4 – 8, at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
To qualify, students …
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6/6/25 08:00 AM
IOWA CITY
More than $2.6 million was requested in funding applications for Johnson County Social Services block grants in Fiscal Year 2026.
Twenty-three of 31 applications were at least …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
6/3/25 11:52 PM
IOWA CITY
Johnson County’s five-year plan for capital improvements and maintenance includes more than $149 million in improvements.
Melissa Robert, Special Projects Manager, presented …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/28/25 01:58 AM
SHARON CENTER
To be recognized as a Gold Star Family is an honor no one desires. To receive such recognition, one must be an immediate family member of a fallen service member who died while …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/23/25 08:00 AM
KALONA
When we step inside Middleburg School, I’m hit with a powerful sense of nostalgia. Those desks filling the one-room schoolhouse – I had one of those, my parents procuring it from a …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/23/25 08:00 AM
KALONA
The Washington County Riverboat Foundation gave away over $4.3 million dollars Wednesday night, making dreams come true for area organizations. Not least of those awarded spring grants were …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/22/25 01:58 PM
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.
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By Paul D. Bowker |
5/21/25 01:41 AM
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
