This fall, Public Space One will present a new multi-site installation art project, “Iowa Art Field,” directed by Nicholas Cladis, curated by Cladis and Sugimoto Hiroshi, and in partnership with the City of Iowa City and Johnson County. The project will be on display Oct. 30 to Nov. 8.
Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, the League of Women Voters of Linn County will host a Cedar Rapids school board candidate forum this week.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is moving forward with plans for a new sheriff’s office and 120-bed jail. The decision comes after more than a year of disagreement between board members over the size of the proposed facility.
After nearly 200 years, Baker & Taylor — the largest single supplier of content to American libraries — would be ceasing its operations. The news quickly ricocheted through literary circles in Iowa and beyond, leaving many wondering what’s next for libraries left behind.
The Coralville City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt an Equal Rights Protection resolution, meant to publicly reaffirm civil rights protection for members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Early in-person and mail-in voting begins Wednesday for Iowa's 2025 city/school elections. Here's what you need to know about checking your voter registration status, how to vote early in-person and by mail, and how to vote on Election Day, Nov. 4.
A judge ordered Hawkeye Waste to stop operating in Johnson County because it doesn’t have workers’ comp insurance. The county had renewed its motion for a temporary injunction after discovering the company had a lapse in insurance beginning in September.
At a rally of Iowa GOP women in Iowa City, U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks lauded the release of Israeli hostages under a Trump-brokered ceasefire and denounced Democrats over the ongoing government shutdown.
In-person absentee voting — sometimes called “early voting” — begins Wednesday in both Linn and Johnson counties and will run through Monday, Nov. 3. Ballots will include a host of city and school elections across the area, as well as multiple bond issues.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is requesting an in-person public meeting with Utah-based Havenpark Communities, owner of mobile home parks across the county, as residents push for a two-year moratorium on rent increases due to concerns over park conditions.
Johnson County has renewed its motion for an injunction against Hawkeye Waste because its workers’ comp insurance coverage lapsed in September. A worker was crushed by a skid loader last year and an OSHA investigation revealed the company didn’t have workers’ comp insurance, which is a violation of Iowa law.
Despite a lawsuit fighting the State Historical Society of Iowa's unexpected and "haphazard" closure of its Iowa City research facility and archives — and a court hearing scheduled in the dispute next week — the state on Monday began moving some of the historical documents with help from prison inmates.
Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, Cedar Rapids is opening applications for its ‘Snow Buddies’ program.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors will meet with Utah-based Havenpark Communities, owner of mobile home parks across Johnson County, after months of letters back and forth over park conditions.
Seventeen historians, archivists, professors, authors, and donors with decades of public service are suing the State Historical Society of Iowa for haphazardly and without public input closing its Iowa City research facility and archives.
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