Johnson County encourages residents to review the State of Iowa’s Broadband Availability Map

Johnson County residents are encouraged to review their broadband availability and provide input through a new map released by the State of Iowa.

The Broadband Availability Map identifies broadband coverage by individual address locations, showing whether broadband service greater or equal to 100 Mbps (megabits per second) download speed / 20 Mbps upload speed is available. Johnson County residents are invited to review the map and submit a challenge if broadband information about their household is incorrect by Friday, Sept. 2, 2022.

Johnson County Direct Assistance Program funds all eligible applicants

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted today, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, to fund all eligible Direct Assistance Program applicants, including those who reside outside of the municipal corporate boundaries of the City of Iowa City and were not originally selected for program benefits.

Johnson County worked with Iowa City to modify terms of the original agreement between the two entities to ensure all eligible applicants receive funding.

Monkeypox Response and Vaccination

Eastern, Iowa (IA) – Since July, local public health departments in Iowa have been coordinating with the state health department to investigate cases and contacts of monkeypox. The overall disease investigation process is similar to other public health disease investigation processes which includes community awareness, timely investigation and testing as well as follow-up as indicated.

Still time for homeowners in unincorporated Johnson County and its smaller communities to apply for Soil Health Program

Published on Aug 24, 2022

Homeowners in unincorporated Johnson County and its smaller communities who would like to have greener and healthier lawns, without the use of chemicals, can apply to have 50% of the costs reimbursed (up to $2,000) through the County’s Soil Health Program.

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