Sarah Watson, Managing News Editor
• March 19, 2020
The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office has halted all evictions, according to a release from the office’s civil division.
The Sheriff’s Office will also stop all service of civil papers except those...
Iowa City announced on Thursday that buses will suspend transit fares and will now require passengers to enter through the back doors to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
According to...
In a release on Wednesday afternoon, Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague declared a 'civil emergency', granting the mayor additional powers to distribute resources and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
According...
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors and Johnson County Emergency Management Commission declared the spread of coronavirus in the county a "public health disaster and state of disaster emergency," as...
All Johnson County government buildings except the county courthouse will close until March 31 starting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to an emailed statement from the Johnson County Board of Supervisors'...
In a press conference Friday, Gov. Kim Reynolds confirmed another individual tested positive for novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 17.
The person was tested in...
In response to the growing spread and public concern over COVID-19, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is increasing screening protocol for patient visitors in attempts to mitigate transmission....
As Iowa’s public universities announce they will move to online-only instruction through April 3 because of the COVID-19 outbreak, most K-12 schools remain open — though districts are bracing for...
The number of presumptive novel coronavirus cases in Johnson County reached 12 on Tuesday after traveling on the same Egypt cruise, state health officials confirmed.
A Tuesday press release from the...
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation Monday after state health officials confirmed five new presumptive positive cases of the novel coronavirus — four of the five people who tested positive...
With reelection in mind and pens in hand, incumbent Johnson County Supervisors Lisa Green-Douglass, Royceann Porter, and Rod Sullivan each signed and filed an affidavit of candidacy at the Johnson...
The former Sharon High School in Johnson County was added to Preservation Iowa’s Most Endangered Property list earlier this year, becoming the first two-story schoolhouse to earn the designation.
After...
