As the Dysart Tree Board found itself running out of room to plant memorial trees in 2004, a solution came along to dedicate the Heritage Arboretum just off of Clark Street in town,"The park was getting quite full at the time, we didn't have many spaces left on the trail and we were getting so ...
Cancer may have claimed the life of former Dysart resident Susan Loeb in 2014, but from her legacy as an administrator, teacher and mother came the sixth annual Susan Loeb Memorial Tournament to raise money for scholarships in her name.Susan Loeb ran the Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart for ...
Dysart's own Megan Carty can call herself at two-time champion as the recent Union graduate has recently named the 2019 Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SASP) Centerfire National Champion."It all feels surreal," Carty said. "I've been a national champion before but it's even harder to ...
The North Tama baseball season came to a sudden end on Saturday, July 20 in Alburnett as the host Pirates took control from the second inning to conclude the Redhawks' season with a big sixth inning."It's all about surviving this time of year," Kopriva said. "The Belle Plaine win gave us ...
Three Union Knights took part in the 2019 Shrine Bowl at the UNI Dome on the University of Northern Iowa campus on Saturday, July 20 to help raise money for the Shriner's Hospitals For Children.The event splits the state into two football teams-the North and the South-each with 46 graduating ...
The demolition at Union Middle School for their HVAC and lighting renovation project revealed mold issues in the central classroom section which needed to be addressed, adding an additional $68,800 to the project."As part of the construction at Union Middle School, we happen to notice some ...
nights fell at North Fayette Valley 4-2 in regional play."We actually played North Fayette Valley last year in their tournament and beat them on this same field," coach Laurie Driscol said. "We hoped to come back and do it tonight, but it just didn't happen."The Knights got off to a quick start ...
The bottom of the seventh inning on Saturday finds the North Tama Redhawks down 2-1 to the visiting Wildcats of Central City. One team's season will come to an end after this inning, and the Redhawks certainly don't want to end their season in this fashion, losing on their own home field. Luke ...
The Union community received a heartbreaking blow when it learned that Adam Gassman, assistant football coach and high school math teacher, was battling a second round of cancer. Knowing his days on earth were limited, Joe Hadachek stepped forward with a plan to help his longtime friend's ...
The North Tama softball team saw their season end at the hands of Springville during Regionals on Wednesday, July 11, falling to the Orioles 8-0 in six innings."We played really well defensively, but our bats were not what they needed to be and that's been our weakness all season long," ...