Iowa City City Councilor Laura Bergus proposed an amendment to the city’s budget on Tuesday to shift an increase in funds for the police department to other public safety services that do not involve...
Iowa City City Council unanimously approved first considerations on Tuesday to make the Pagliai’s Pizza building a historic landmark.Â
The building's owner has contested the decision because...
As economic pressures continue to affect various industries and consumers’ wallets, hog farming in Johnson County and the rest of Iowa is seeing some of its worst losses in the last 25 years.
For...
Johnson County is under a tornado watch that started at 12:06 p.m. Tuesday and will last until 8 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. The watch covers a total of 21 counties in Iowa.Â
The...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on April 3 to halt $1.5 million of funding through the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, designated for an affordable housing project.
Supervisor...
After the Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted to back funding for emergency contraceptives for survivors of sexual assault in August after state funding was paused, the future of reinstating...
Two commissioners on the Iowa City Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission, or TRC, resigned within two months, citing numerous concerns.
The commissioners, Sikowis Nobiss and Marie Krebs, are the...
The sticky floors that adorn your traditional college town sports bar are a far cry from what The Box brings to Iowa City.
Although The Box encapsulates the essence of a traditional sports bar-like...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on April 4 to partner with the Be SMART program, a national campaign that provides secure gun storage safety information to communities.
The...
A new minimum wage could be coming to Johnson County.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted on March 28 to raise the county’s recommended minimum wage from $12.25 to $12.64...
For Emily Brandenburg, director of Lionheart Early Learning, working in a child care center has always been something she is passionate about.
Since becoming director four years ago, Brandenburg...
A new Johnson County nonprofit aims to create the first conservation burial cemetery in the state of Iowa.Â
Founded just this year, the Back to Ground Natural Burial Cemetery group is in talks...
