Johnson County will stop disciplining employees who do not comply with the county’s vaccination, testing, and face covering policy, including suspending testing requirements for unvaccinated staff.
During...
The Iowa City City Council plans to transfer $1.5 million from its American Rescue Plan Act funding to Johnson County’s Direct Assistance fund.
The City Council will need to vote on this before...
Royceann Porter, Johnson County supervisor and founder of the Black Voices Project, will take on a new role as chairp of the supervisors.
Porter is the first African American to hold the position...
Johnson County Social Services is proposing more financial assistance for families paying for funeral services, as funeral assistance hasn’t been updated in seven years, said Lynette Jacoby, the...
One year ago, 178 University of Iowa Health Care employees were the first in Iowa and among the first in the nation to receive COVID-19 vaccines.
Close to 2 million Iowans have been vaccinated since...
Edyie Stika, owner of the Knitting Shoppe, is helping Iowa City residents stay warm this year.
Stika has owned the Knitting Shoppe on Muscatine Avenue for 35 years. For that same amount of time,...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is divided on a $240,000 proposal by the sheriff to replace its Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle with a smaller armored truck.
The county is considering...
Iowa City residents can expect a change in their voting locations, as the city plans to introduce three precinct maps.
The maps to determine where Iowa City residents will vote for the next decade,...
Kinderfarm Preschool, a nature-based early learning center in Iowa City, is looking for a new owner. Heather Norman, the owner of the preschool since 1993, said she is ready to pass her role on to someone...
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is requesting funding to replace its Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected, or MRAP, vehicle with a more compact vehicle with similar functionality.
The Sheriff’s Office...
Johnson County employees will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 13 or undergo weekly testing, in accordance with federal policy requiring employers with more than 100 employees...
Democratic legislators from Johnson County said recent cuts to higher education and bills limiting content in K-12 schools are harming educators while Iowa faces a teacher shortage.
They critiqued...
