During a special convention on Saturday, the Johnson County Democratic Party selected Swisher Mayor Julie Persons as the party’s candidate for auditor in the Nov. 7 election. Persons will take the place of Travis Weipert on the ballot. Last month, Weipert, who had served as Johnson County Auditor for almost 12 years, resigned from office […]
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Tens of thousands of locals still without power as derecho clean-up efforts continue in eastern Iowa
Clean up continues throughout the area following Monday’s derecho. Almost 13,000 MidAmerican Energy customers in Johnson County, including 8,825 in Iowa City, were still without power on Wednesday morning, according to the company’s outage page. Alliant Energy reports 85,048 Linn County customers without power, and 3,967 in Johnson County. Linn County REC, another regional energy […]
