A Main Street fixture closed its doors at the beginning of the month as Wanda Petersen said goodbye to 11 and a half years of running Sassy's Boutique.The decision to close the business was a personal one of Petersen and her husband as they wished to spend more time with grandchildren. Her ...
Agriculture students and FFA members at Union are seeing a familiar face back in the classroom this school year as Adam Sacquitne, who did his student teaching in LPC, has returned as the Agricultural Educator and FFA sponsor with the retirement of Louis Beck."It's great to be back at Union and ...
The Dysart Fire Department and Ambulance Department held a joint training for helicopter rescue on Thursday, Aug. 29, including a lecture and landing training in town."They did this training over in Garrison and few of us participated, but we were talking about if we ever need to land a ...
Master Clipper on Main Street is no more, but sisters Brianna Petersen and Attalina DiGiacomo have joined forces to open Shear Sister's Salon in its place this week."My father-in-law called me one day and told me Deb Foss is selling her salon," Petersen said. "I called her and it was a ...
The North Tama volleyball team tipped off their 2019 season at Meskwaki for a tournament, claiming a championship and finishing 5-0 on the day."We haven't played all week, so this was our first time out," coach Channing Halstead said. "I wanted to put some changes we've made into action and see ...
Football is back and the North Tama Redhawks celebrated with a dominant 61-0 performance against the North Mahaska Warhawks to kick off their 2019 season."We knew North Mahaska is young, inexperienced and going through a new coaching staff," coach Tom McDermott said. "We had a little bit of an ...
Football season has arrived for the Union Knights, yet a win wasn't in the cards for Coach Jared Pospisil's first game or for the Knights at Beckman Catholic, falling to the Blazers 42-13."We went into this game with a lot of players in spots they hadn't been in before, so we were excited how ...
Sixth-ranked Union volleyball got their 2019 season off to a strong start as the Knights went 5-0 in a tournament at Independence on Saturday, Aug. 31, sweeping their pool and emerging victorious in tournament play against ranked squads Janesville and West Delaware for a championship."In the ...
Benjamin AnderaHometown: Cresco, IANumbers of years teaching: Nine years teachingCollege and degree: University of Northern Iowa, BachelorsClasses you'll be teaching: Intermediate Math I and II, Pre-AlgebraMarried/Kids/Pets: NoneHobbies: Golf, Iowa footballWhat got you into the profession: ...
2018 Record 6-4 (L to Waukon in State Playoffs)Head Coach PospisilThe 2018 season would prove to be a tough outing for the Union Knights in what turned out to be Coach Joe Hadachek's final season at the helm of the program. The Knights entered District play 2-2 before stunning Benton 34-6 on ...