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...
North Liberty Leader
Boston strong
05/09/2013 - 7:15pm
NORTH LIBERTY– North Liberty chiropractor and runner Dr. Sheri Giese, DC, has already made up her mind. In 2014, Giese will once again be among the nearly 30,000 people who don bib numbers and beat feet along 26.2 miles of Massachusetts roads that are part of the oldest annual marathon in the world. It’s a traditional event with an international...
Petition pushes for supervisors to be elected by district
05/09/2013 - 7:08pm
JOHNSON COUNTY– Petitioners pushing for a new way to elect county supervisors are getting closer to their goal. According to Debra Thornton, chair of the Johnson County Republicans, members of the Committee for Fair Representation– the group that organized the petition drive– are “well on their way” to gathering the 7,619 valid signatures required...
Solon Economist
Sommers witness to American tragedy in Boston
05/09/2013 - 6:51pm
NORTH LIBERTY– A runner for 13 years, none of the races previously undertaken by Iowa City pharmacist Stacy Sommers ended quite like the one on April 15, the most prestigious of America’s footraces, the Boston Marathon. Moreover, this was Sommer’s very first Boston Marathon. It was a rather remarkable accomplishment, considering she had only run...
North Liberty Leader
Rustic Iron Bar & Grill
04/30/2013 - 9:26pm
NORTH LIBERTY– The Rustic Iron Bar & Grill is off the beaten path, in every good way. Its location is set back off Highway 965 on the south edge of North Liberty, which allows for plenty of parking and easy access from the town’s major thoroughfare. The updated décor was personally crafted by the building’s new owners, giving it a unique...
Jail or no jail: voters decide May 7
04/30/2013 - 8:07pm
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....