Articles Tagged: North Liberty

A small Iowa energy bar chain will be waking up more Eastern Iowans soon.

Every incorporated city in Johnson County will have a 1 percent local-option sales tax following the the approval of the new tax by voters in Coralville, Iowa City, North Liberty, Oxford and Shueyville.

Also in this week’s Government Notes, North Liberty elected officials get first pay raise in nearly 20 years.

Last week, North Liberty celebrated completion of the first phase of a $16 million Centennial Park expansion that adds an event hall, amphitheater, splash pad, pavilion and plaza. Planners hope to turn it into a regional attraction.

A Corridor brewery was the only one in Iowa to bring home a win from one of the industry’s most prestigious annual competitions this month.

A North Liberty man was sentenced last week to five years in prison after pleading guilty to serious injury by vehicle in relation to a crash last November that seriously injured a pedestrian, according to a news release from the Johnson County Attorney’s Office.

Performers entertained community members as they gathered for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Hy-Vee Center at Centennial Park in North Liberty on Tuesday.

North Liberty will not renew its contract with the City of Coralville for its fixed route transit service, often referred to as the “big blue bus,” next summer.

A Waterloo man was arrested this week in Johnson County on charges that he sexually abused a child 13 years ago, when he was a teen.

A North Liberty woman arrested last year in Minnesota after crashing a car with the dead body of her ex-girlfriend inside has been convicted of murder by a Hennepin County jury.

The Johnson County Auditor’s office has released its early voting schedule for the Nov. 4 general election.

The Gazette talks with North Liberty Fire Chief Brian Platz

The development was one of seven Corridor-area projects to receive recent state-issued workforce housing tax credits.

The nearly 45,000 square foot Corridor Sports Performance Center, to be built near Liberty High School in North Liberty, will include four basketball courts, physical therapy spaces, a fitness center, and community event space.

The site plan for the first building in North Liberty’s planned Urban Central District has been approved.