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
Market value
02/27/2013 - 8:52pm
CEDAR RAPIDS– There are two strict rules to guide Cedar Rapids’ NewBo City Market almost-anything-goes atmosphere: it has to be fresh. It has to be fun. That’s why it is the place to be each Thursday and on weekends, where you can shop for farm-fresh produce, watch a cooking demonstration, experience a trendy flash mob by a local opera theater...
North Liberty Leader
Vote March 5
02/27/2013 - 8:43pm
JOHNSON COUNTY– On March 5, voters in Johnson County will go to the polls for the second time in about four months. The special election is to determine which of two candidates will fill the Johnson County Board of Supervisors seat left vacant by Sally Stutsman, who resigned from the board in January after being elected to the Iowa House of...
North Liberty Leader
Nobody came
02/20/2013 - 9:34pm
NORTH LIBERTY– Apparently, North Liberty residents are completely satisfied with the way the city proposes to spend their money. The North Liberty City Council offered a special agenda item last Tuesday, Feb. 12, to allow the public to ask questions and offer input on the city’s proposed 2014 fiscal year budget. Nobody came. Council member Gerry...
North Liberty Leader
Severance package approved for North Liberty’s former police chief
02/19/2013 - 9:12pm
NORTH LIBERTY– North Liberty’s former police chief has accepted a severance package after his abrupt departure from the city’s employ Feb. 1. The North Liberty City Council unanimously approved a resignation agreement between the city and former North Liberty Police Chief Jim Warkentin at the council’s Feb. 12 meeting. The agreement grants...
North Liberty Leader
Delays ahead
02/13/2013 - 9:55pm
JOHNSON COUNTY– Travelers between North Liberty and Solon, prepare for delays ahead. Mehaffey Bridge will be under construction for the next two years. At its Feb. 7 meeting, the Johnson County Board of Supervisors approved a bid for replacement of the aging structure spanning the Coralville Reservoir between the two communities. The wining base...