Lori Lindner

North Liberty Leader
Voters to decide on jail, courthouse revision
04/30/2013 - 9:03pm
Lori Lindner
JOHNSON COUNTY–Certain Johnson County officials hope $3.3 million in reductions to the design for a proposed justice center will be enough to swing public sentiment in their favor. In the November 2012 general election, a $46.8 million bond issue for the project was defeated, receiving only 56 percent voter approval when 60 percent was required. Proponents went back to the drawing board almost immediately to revise the plan for a combined jail and improved Johnson...
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Soon, a new chapter in library’s history
03/26/2013 - 7:58pm
Ryan Humphrey, Ashlyn Wheery, Katelyn Humphrey and Haydon Wheery enjoy a “crafternoon” at the North Liberty Community Library on March 12. Behind them, the particle board partition separates the existing library from the new 11,000 square foot expansion that is currently under construction. The new section of the library is expected to be open to...
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West side park to see first phase of improvements
03/19/2013 - 7:43pm
NORTH LIBERTY– Plans for a new public park in North Liberty are now in full swing. At its March 12 meeting, the North Liberty City Council approved plans, specifications, form of contract and cost estimates for improvements to a 40-acre green space acquired by the city in 2009. The space near the intersection of Jones Boulevard and St. Andrews...
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Common threads tell unique stories
03/12/2013 - 6:46pm
NORTH LIBERTY– Quilts are so much more than scraps of fabric, cut by hand and stitched together with careful placement, more than warm comfort on a cold night, even more than American folk art handed down through generations. Quilts are testaments to lives well lived, celebrations of life’s milestones, congratulatory gifts of honor. For Peg...
Etheredge edges Dahms for supervisor’s seat
03/12/2013 - 6:43pm
JOHNSON COUNTY– It wasn’t a landslide victory, but it might be considered a landmark one. On Tuesday, March 5, Republican candidate John Etheredge won a seat on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, the first Republican to serve on that body in 51 years, since the term of Republican Oren Alt ended in 1962. Etheredge, of rural Kalona, beat...
Made from scratch, topped with love
02/27/2013 - 9:03pm
NORTH LIBERTY– Anything that lasts 20 years has a proven track record. Anyone who has been able to grow and maintain a business in North Liberty for 20 years has accomplished a feat made even more remarkable by the fact that it is a family-owned-and-operated, non-franchise restaurant serving made-from-scratch goodness to the public since 1993....