DYSART – Dysart’s summer tradition returned last Friday, July 19, when the Dysart Development Corporation (DDC) hosted its 22nd annual Car, Truck & Bike Show. The event is growing in size, popularity and scope with 161 entries this year. "Our goal every year is to grow the ...
DYSART – Local emergency medical service agencies are hoping a supermajority of Tama County voters will give the thumbs up this November to funding EMS as essential by approving a new property tax levy. Last week Thursday, the newly formed Tama County EMS Advisory Council held its inaugural ...
DYSART – The songs of summer will soon fill the air at Zion Lutheran Church. Tama County native and North Tama alum Christopher Arp will play a solo organ concert entitled “Songs of Summer” at Zion Lutheran in Dysart next Sunday, July 28, beginning at 2 p.m. Arp is organist and choir ...
DYSART – The Dysart Garden Club recently named Kathi Keidel’s perennial filled flower beds on Park Street as the club’s ‘Blue Ribbon Flowers of the Month’ for July. “I’ve been a gardener my whole life. My grandma kind of got me hooked,” Keidel said last week while taking the ...
LA PORTE CITY - The Union Community School District Board of Education has selected a project proposal to make significant improvements across all district schools if a bond referendum is approved on November 5, 2024. The decision follows over two years of facility planning by the board and ...
DYSART – The weather was truly spectacular last Thursday at mid-morning for Dysart’s annual Lions Club Grand Parade held in celebration of Independence Day – temperatures topped out in the upper 70s and the sun mostly shone amid a smattering of clouds and the occasional sprinkle. ...
IOWA CITY – In May, more than 6,500 University of Iowa undergraduate, graduate, and professional students received their degrees. The 2024 spring semester graduates have engaged, excelled, and stretched to reach their academic goals. For example, Abbi Shekleton always knew she wanted to be ...
CEDAR RAPIDS Ñ The following students were named to Mount Mercy University's Spring 2024 Dean's List. Students with a semester grade point average of 3.60 or better and who are graded for six or more semester hours are eligible for inclusion on the Dean's List. Area students include: ...
DYSART – The Dysart Garden Club recently named Penny Stoakes’ colorful, abundant well-kept flowers as the club’s Blue Ribbon Flowers of the Month for June. The monthly designation is a new undertaking of the local club which first started meeting in 2000. “Everybody has a ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union school board is currently considering placing a bond referendum before voters this coming November. During the Monday, June 17, regular board meeting, representatives from both Denovo Construction and the financial firm Piper Sandler presented several options ...