IOWA CITY - Construction is underway on a $250,000 addition to the Johnson County Courthouse that will include a new public entrance with increased security, including metal detectors.

Iowa City-based Kennedy Construction has been hired to build a new, secure entrance for the Johnson County Courthouse. The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted at its Oct. 29 meeting to award ...

A photo of District Court Judge William R. Eads, meeting a seven-month-old tiger from March 10, 1969 is shown hanging, Monday, March 9, 2020, at the Johnson County Courthouse in Iowa City, Iowa.

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL) -- The Johnson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a threat at the county courthouse on Wednesday. Officials say that they received an anonymous call at 10:07 a.m ...