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Isle of Wight Radio 7:00am - 10:00am Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Isle of Wight Housebuilder Brings Nature To Doorsteps By Amy Shephard An Island housebuilder has launched a project designed to advise and inspire people to turn their outdoor spaces into havens for wildlife – whether it be a garden, balcony, yard, or community green space. In partnership with the RSPB, the Nature on Your Doorstep project comes after people rediscovered local nature during the pandemic. In 2020 alone, over 1.7 million people sought advice from the RSPB website...

05/12/21 Former Lone Tree Mayor Jon Green emerged as the Democratic candidate chosen to run for the open seat on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. It took three rounds of voting for Green to secure the nomination Tuesday night as Johnson County Democratic delegates met at the Fairgrounds. Convention rules require a candidate to receive a majority vote to win. He received 105 of the 281 votes in the first round, with Susan Vileta being eliminated. In the second round, Green got 116 of 281 votes, with Scott Finlayson eliminated. In the closely-contested third round, Green edged the remai...

View Comments [Correction: Two candidates live outside of the Iowa City metro: Jon Green of Lone Tree and Susan Vileta of Swisher. An earlier version of this article misidentified Green as the sole candidate living outside the Iowa City metro.] A Johnson County candidate got a big endorsement from the senator from Vermont on Monday. "As mayor of Lone Tree, Jon successfully fought for living wages and to revitalize rural Iowa through access to broadband and affordable child care. I'm proud to support his grassroots campaign for Johnson County Supervisor," Sanders said in a statement Monday.  ...

A county public health department employee is seeking a spot on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors.  Democrat Susan Vileta of Swisher has spent the past seven years working at the Johnson County Public Health Department but said the last year handling the response to the COVID-19 pandemic was the real test. "People may not realize how much of this we took to heart. You would wake up in your sleep answering questions, and you would be using your free time to look at new research," she said. "It consumed us for a very long time." As the coronavirus continued to spread, Vileta said her ro...

A Coralville city councilor is hopping into the race for the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. And if she wins, Meghann Foster would be the first person from Coralville to hold the office in recent memory. "It's just another perspective that hasn't been there, and I think that, as the second-largest municipality (in the county), it would be good to have somebody that has that perspective," Foster said of the June 8 special election that will fill the seat vacated 21 months early by Janelle Rettig.  Foster is the community engagement coordinator for the Domestic Violence Intervention Prog...