Food Policy Council to host Happy Hour event in Lone Tree on November 14

The Johnson County Food Policy Council (FPC) will host a Happy Hour event from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, at The Lone Ox Smokehouse & Company, 113 N Devoe St, Lone Tree. This free event aims to facilitate new connections across the community food system and raise awareness of the FPC as a community resource.

At 5:30 p.m. FPC members will serve free street food from The Lone Ox. At 6 p.m., Zee and Tony Brown, owners of The Lone Ox will speak, along with other Lone Tree community representatives.

County Commission of Veteran Affairs appoints Mandy Coates as VA director

The Johnson County Commission of Veteran Affairs has selected Mandy Coates as the new Veteran Affairs director following the resignation of the previous director, Gary Boseneiler.

In her new role as director, Coates serves on the Johnson County Commission of Veterans Affairs and manages the Veterans Affairs office located in the Health and Human Services Building in Iowa City. The commission strives to assist all honorably discharged veterans and their dependents living in Johnson County by connecting them with local, state, and federal benefits.