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IOWA CITY — A judge granted a temporary injunction to the county last week, which ordered Hawkeye Waste Systems Inc., to stop operating its business or employing anyone in Johnson County because they don’t have workers’ compensation insurance.

Johnson County renewed its motion for an injunction Oct. 7 because Johnson County Attorney Rachel Zimmermann Smith found out the company’s insurance lapsed in September.

The county attorney’s office had previously reached an agreement before an injunction hearing in August, because company owner James Watts provided proof of insurance. The insurance was purchased July 11 for one year. If the business maintained insurance going forward, Zimmermann Smi

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