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April 17th, 2013

Walkin'

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/17/2013 - 5:11pm
Catwheel continued
By
Brian Fleck

How Sabra and I have been using our free time demonstrates the difference between our approaches to doing things.


Food for Thought

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/17/2013 - 5:09pm
Kicking the ‘Bucket List’
By
Milli Gilbaugh

This isn’t going to be a list of things I want to do before I die. I never contemplate my own death, so there’s no point in it. Once upon a time, I had a list of things I’d like to do someday which is quite a different matter. Oddly, as time has passed, I have found myself cutting things off that list. Things that once seemed more or less essential to my contentment with life.


Volunteers no longer needed to sandbag in Solon

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/17/2013 - 12:53pm
wastewater plant out of jeopardy

Report To The Public Works Building


April 11th

Fire heavily damages Solon industrial condo

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 11:47am
Area departments respond to Thursday blaze
By
Doug Lindner

SOLON– Firefighters from Solon, North Liberty, Ely and Iowa City responded Thursday morning to find an industrial condominium on Solon’s south side partially engulfed in flames.


April 10th

CCA girls’ soccer heats up in the cold

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:41pm
CCA girls brave frigid weather for season opening win

By Chris Umscheid
North Liberty Leader
TIFFIN– Once the final goal had been scored, the scene on the field resembled a state playoff win as the Clear Creek Amana (CCA) Clippers stormed the turf and embraced each other while jumping up and down in victory.


Cool victory for Clipper boys

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:39pm
CCA boys open with 3-0 win in frigid weather
By
Chris Umscheid

TIFFIN– Tim Benson’s Clear Creek Amana (CCA) varsity soccer boys took to the field Monday, April 1, to face the Golden Hawks of Mid-Prairie in a season-opening girls/boys doubleheader. With temperatures in the low 30s and a persistent wind out of the west-northwest, the conditions were more appropriate for winter.


Dealing with a drug problem

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:37pm
NLPD assigns officer to Johnson County drug task force

By Chris Umscheid
North Liberty Leader
NORTH LIBERTY– If you are thinking of using, making or selling illegal drugs in North Liberty, be advised that the men and women in blue are going to be out looking for you.
Since 2001, the North Liberty Police Department (NLPD) has been a participating member of the Johnson County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force. While the department has had officers assisting the task force, it has been a goal to have an officer assigned fulltime to the mission of battling drug crime.
In January, that goal was achieved.


Two North Liberty residents charged with drug possession, child endangerment

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:36pm

NORTH LIBERTY– Two North Liberty residents are now facing multiple drug charges after North Liberty police officers conducted a search of their home.


NLFD responds to structure fire April 2

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:35pm

NORTH LIBERTY– On Tuesday April 2, at 6:38 p.m., the North Liberty Fire Department was dispatched to 1625 Grizzly Trail, North Liberty, for a structure fire. North Liberty Engine Company, the first unit to arrive at the scene, reportedly found a vehicle fully-engulfed by fire, with the fire having spread to the attached garage. The fire was under control within 26 minutes of arrival.
Early property damage estimate is $10,000. The cause of the fire is under investigation at this time.
There were no reported civilian or firefighter injuries.


Eighth annual Corridor Canstruction competition to be held April 13 at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/10/2013 - 6:35pm

CEDAR RAPIDS – This year’s Corridor Canstruction competition to help fight hunger will take place at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, April 13. Watch as five architecture/engineering firms and 10 groups of local youth, including students from North Central Junior High School in North Liberty, go head-to-head to build the best super-sized structure from canned foods in just four hours.