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IOWA CITY — The owner of Hawkeye Waste Systems Inc., purchased workers’ compensation insurance before an injunction hearing last month, preventing a potential court order that could have shut down the business.

Sixth Judicial District Judge Kevin McKeever, in an order filed last Friday, said the Johnson County Attorney’s Office had reached a temporary agreement with Hawkeye Waste in Johnson County as long as the company has “appropriate, adequate, lawful” workers’ compensation insurance in place for all employees working in the county.

Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmermann Smith told The Gazette Wednesday Hawkeye Waste owner, James Watts, provided her office with proof of insurance foll

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