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Dysart News

Dysart’s 2nd annual National Night Out a roaring success

DYSART – In the words of the event’s organizer, Dysart Police Officer Jeremy Stenda, the 2nd annual Dysart National Night Out held on Tuesday, Aug. 5 in City Park “did not disappoint.” “Our law enforcement, fire, EMS, dispatch, business owners, and citizens are truly the best,” ...

Art Show, ice cream social set for this Sunday at Dysart Historical Center

DYSART – The public is invited to an art show and ice cream social at the Dysart Historical Center on Sunday, August 17, from 5-8 p.m. at the Center located at 612 Crisman St. The show will feature Dysart area artists, both past and present. Featured will be paintings, photographs, carving, ...

Dysart’s annual Golf Cart Cruise set for Aug. 21

DYSART – With the recent retirement of Dysart’s H.A.T. Team from organizing the annual Golf Cart Cruise, worry began to spread up and down Main Street the beloved event may have to go by the wayside. Thankfully, such fears were swiftly put to rest when Vision Dysart stepped in to take the ...

Dysart Community Foundation awards grant to Dysart Pickleball Organization

DYSART – The Dysart Pickleball Organization (DPO) applied for a 2025 grant from the Dysart Community Foundation for the purchase of a ball barrier fence at Callahan Courts, the new pickleball courts located in Dysart City Park. On hand for the recent grant distribution, Reta Callahan (left) ...

Traer Pizza Palace set to shutter – ‘tentatively’ Aug. 9

TRAER – Those with Traer Pizza Palace gift certificates need to act fast and seize the moment before the business possibly closes for good. “August 9th tentatively will be our last day,” the business posted on Facebook on Sunday, July 27. “If you have gift certificates get them used ...

Union superintendent addresses $18.5 million bond referendum

DYSART – In the wake of the Monday, July 21 Union Community School District Board of Education meeting, Superintendent John Howard penned a letter dated July 24 to school district families in regard to the upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 4 school bond election. The Telegraph is publishing Howard’s ...

Record turnout at Dysart’s Car, Truck & Bike Show

DYSART – Dysart’s 23rd annual Car, Truck & Bike Show brought Main Street to life on Friday, July 18, with a record number of entries and visitors. The annual event brought out crowds from across the region to admire a dazzling variety of vehicles and enjoy an evening of classic cars, ...

‘Experienced Care: The Small Town Way’

DYSART – Following the shuttering of the town’s only medical clinic earlier this year as part of a rash of MercyOne closures and consolidations across Iowa in recent years, healthcare services have officially returned to Dysart. On Thursday, July 17, the Dysart Chamber of Commerce held a ...

Dysart Community Foundation awards grant to Wolf Creek Players

DYSART – The Wolf Creek Players applied for a 2025 grant from the Dysart Community Foundation to help fund this summer’s theater camp for children. On hand for the recent grant distribution were teaching artists with Coralville’s Footliters Traveling Playhouse including (back row, l-r) ...

Lily Love

DYSART – Despite the brief, ephemeral nature of a daylily’s blooms, Dick and Jo Palmer of Dysart have developed an all-seasons love for the happy-faced flowering perennials. It’s an appreciation so deep, in fact, the retired farming couple’s Wilson Street yard today boasts more than ...