Megan Woolard

Voters approve a 1 percent local option sales tax

Instead, fast-growing city looking into renovating its current station

Guillermo Morales considering a write-in campaign for a seat on the Board of Supervisors

Supervisors Rod Sullivan, Lisa Green-Douglas and Royceann Porter voted to terminate Executive Director Guillermo Morales, who was hired in March 2023 at a $103,545 salary and given a $3,000 bonus earlier this year.

The fast-growing Johnson County town of Tiffin is moving closer to finalizing plans for a new recreation center. A series of public meetings will be held to gather input on the plans, which tentatively include an indoor track, exercise equipment and basektball courts that would double as space for volleyball and pickleball.

Also, Johnson STEAM Academy meal program ends after serving more than 1,348 free meals this summer.

Chris Akers to take over after decades long career in law enforcement

The North Liberty pantry received $100,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act dollars from the city earlier this year to build a new $4 million facility. The additional $150,000 also will go toward construction of the building, which will help the pantry meeting growing demand for its services.

Also, the Iowa City school board will vote Tuesday on demolition of Hills Elementary

More than 100 Johnson County Democratic delegates gathered for a special nominating convention Saturday morning. They chose Julie Persons to be the party’s nominee for Johnson County auditor.

Full collection to be put on display at FRYfest

Ridership increased by 43% after one year of the two-year test program.

Construction begins on Penn Meadows Park basketball court, which will feature Mega Slam hoops. The hoops have glass backboards and are built to be durable to allow for dunking and hanging on the rim.

Temporary outage due to a payment software upgrade, city announces.

Also, Hiawatha will host an open house and ribbon-cutting for its new fire station this week.