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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
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
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
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
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
Lone Tree Community School is proud to announce that it has been honored with the prestigious Better Together 2030 “Inspire” Award. This award recognizes educational institutions that go above …
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2/7/25 08:00 AM
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
Gradual growth, pleasant parks, and family festivals are what make Lone Tree an attractive community, mayor Josh Spilman tells Emily Marner. As he enters his final year in office, he takes time to …
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By Emily Marner |
1/31/25 08:00 AM
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
