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LONE TREE
The City of Lone Tree is now a fireworks city, whether it’s wanted or not.
But The Tree isn’t alone.
New state legislation is requiring municipalities to allow …
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By Paul D. Bowker |
6/21/25 09:10 PM
LONE TREE
With matching funds in hand, having received $2,000 each from the City of Lone Tree and the Lone Tree Chamber of Commerce, the Lone Tree Economic Development Group was ready to move …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/20/25 08:00 AM
Skies may have been cloudy on Friday, June 13, but mild temperatures in the 70s and low, single-digit wind speeds made for great flying at the Lone Tree Flyer’s 5th Annual Fun Fly. Our own Giovanni …
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Photos by Giovanni Coronel |
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
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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/13/25 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/13/25 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
6/6/25 08:00 AM
Photos by The News staff |
5/30/25 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/30/25 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
5/23/25 08:00 AM
“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 …
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5/23/25 08:00 AM
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 …
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Photos by Cheryl Allen |
5/23/25 08:00 AM
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
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
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 …
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4/25/25 08:00 AM
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 …
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4/25/25 08:00 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
Photos by Giovanni Coronel |
4/18/25 08:00 AM
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 …
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By Cheryl Allen |
4/11/25 08:00 AM
