CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) is set to kick off its spring 2026 seminar series focusing on restoration and management of prairies. Free and open to the public through both virtual attendance and in-person, the series’s theme is ...
AMES – The following area students were recently named to the President’s List at Iowa State University. Approximately 1,216 students achieved this prestigious designation by maintaining a 4.0 GPA for two consecutive semesters. –Carlie Christine Spore, Dysart, Public Relations, ...
WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College December 2025 graduates and their programs of study in the local area. –Mercedes Fink; Clutier; Associate Degree Nursing; AAS –Samuel Snyder; Clutier; EMT Certificate –Lucas Albertsen; Dysart; Welding; Certificate; Honors ...
LA PORTE CITY – A dedicated and beloved couple was recently inducted into the Union High School Hall of Fame – Rex and Judy Raub of Dysart. The Raubs were honored in front of an overflow crowd during the Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, Union v. Gladbrook-Reinbeck basketball games. Per the Union ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union school board is hoping to move ahead with infrastructure improvements using future sales tax revenue following the failure this past November of the district’s second attempt at a bond referendum. During the Monday, Jan. 19, regular monthly meeting, the board ...
LA PORTE CITY – A ‘legend’ was recently inducted into the Union High School Hall of Fame – veteran and Class of 1998 alumnus Garrett H. Gingrich. As part of the boys wrestling quad held at the high school on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 – during which the Knights battled Don Bosco, East ...
IRVINE PRAIRIE – Under a pristinely blue winter sky and amid pleasantly brisk temperatures, local conservationist Cathy Irvine breathed new life into the mostly-forgotten New Year’s Day tradition of farmers checking fences and walking property lines by leading the newspaper on a ‘First ...
DYSART – As has become tradition, the Dysart Lions Club sponsored an annual Christmas lights contest. On Dec. 15, 2025, out-of-town judges picked the first, second, and third best displays in Dysart. Judges do the same in the neighboring town of Traer. The first place winner received $50; ...
DYSART – William “Bill” Zak made what he thought would be a simple stop for coffee and a quick check of his lottery tickets at a gas station in Vinton on the morning of Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, while on his way to a pheasant hunt. He ended up leaving the store $1,000,004 richer. “I ...
Sean and Kim Dengler of Urbandale welcomed the birth of their first child, Asher James Dengler, on December 22. He was born at Methodist West Hospital in West Des Moines. Asher came into the world weighing 8 lbs, 7.8 oz while measuring 21 inches. Grandparents are Jim (James) and Linda Hale of ...