Casey Distinguished Service Award recipient Nicholas Lindberg and his wife, Isabella, in the parade.
Special to the Times Vedette
Nicholas Lindberg has been named as the recipient of the 2025 Casey Distinguished Service Award. He graduated from Adair-Casey High School in 2015 and showed an interest in government at an early age when he was chosen to be a personal secretary at the Iowa House of Representatives as Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer’s page. He continued to work in the Iowa House as a confidential assistant.
Nick was elected in November of 2015, fresh out of high school, as a council member for the City of Casey. Nick then took on the role of mayor of Casey. He has cared deeply about the town from an early age.
The role of mayor is not an easy one, but Nick took it on with grace, strength and dignity. Often a thankless job, Nick marched forward with his team to implement improvements that were needed to help get Casey moving in the right direction again. Nick helped implement the sewer project to improve sewer lines and sewer plant operation.
Nick also worked extensively with the Iowa DNR when the city wells dried up in the drought to get a new well as quickly as possible. He also helped obtain the grant that paid for the new well.
Nick, tech savvy and knowledgeable, created and maintained the city’s website. He also worked to get help for the federal funding needed for the bridge replacement on West Thomas Road.
Nick made it a priority to attend training to keep abreast with current and new laws and state requirements. He also studied and became certified in the National Incident Management System as part of his service of an elected official, and in 2022, the Iowa League of Cities awarded him CEMO designation in recognition of his time spent taking voluntary courses to further develop his knowledge.
Nick stepped up to the plate to address as many nuisance issues in town as possible, which is not an easy feat. City clerk Gwen Blass said, “Nick always strived to do what was in the best interest of the City of Casey. It was a pleasure to work with Nick. He was a wealth of knowledge, and if he didn’t know the answer, he wasn’t afraid to do the work to get it. Nick was very professional and always conscientious of how he treated the people of Casey.”
Today, Nick continues his career with the City of West Des Moines as a community compliance specialist. He is settled in his historic home with his wife, Isabella. Although they will not live in Casey anymore, Nick will remain a “true Caseyian,” and a piece of his heart belongs here forever.