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Dysart News

‘Irish I was in Dysart’

With the help of a howling north wind at their backs, participants in Dysart’s second annual ‘Iowa’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade’ took to Main Street just past noon last Friday and quickly strode down the block in celebration of the holiday. Despite less than ideal weather ...

Dysart native part of UNI advertising team’s Gold ADDY award

UNI students including Dysart native Tate Hookham won a prestigious Gold ADDY award at the AAF-Cedar Valley American Advertising Awards dinner on Friday, Feb. 24, adding an additional accolade earned by their “Quest With Me” creative campaign, developed last spring for Meta as part of ...

Democracy under fire

What was predicted to be a fairly ho-hum election day in Dysart on Tuesday — as most voters in the Geneseo/Clark precinct reside in the Union school district which did not have a ballot measure — turned out to be anything but due to a fire breaking out. Around 11:30 a.m. while most ...

Dysart’s wee St. Paddy’s Day parade returns for second year

After inaugurating a new town tradition last year in the form of ‘Iowa’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day parade,’ the popular event is returning this year better and as small as ever on Friday, March 17. “We are super excited to announce the 2nd Annual Dysart Iowa's Shortest St. ...

Norma Anders Library receives generous Lions Club donation

The Dysart Lions Club recently donated funds to the Norma Anders Public Library to purchase large print books. Their donation of $800.00 helped purchase nearly a year's worth of large print books. "Their support of this collection enables us to meet the needs of our large print readers ...

North Tama, Union Decathlon teams bring home medals

The North Tama and Union Academic Decathlon teams competed at State the weekend of March 4 and 5 in Urbandale, with North Tama placing seventh out of 12 schools for overall team score in the small school division, and Union placing first in the same division. Union’s championship win means ...

Gone with the wind?

After first leasing office space in downtown Dysart roughly a year ago, the Virginia-based company Apex Clean Energy – better known in Tama County by its local commercial wind energy project name, Winding Stair Wind – has elected to close up shop for the time being and set its sights ...

Topics of interest from Feb. 8 Dysart City Council

Bike path signage During the Feb. 8 Dysart City Council meeting, the council approved a request made by Catharine Wieck with the Dysart Tree Board to place six aluminum signs along the roughly one-mile C.R. Roberts Memorial Trail which begins on Hwy 21 where the Old Creamery Nature Trail ...

North Tama Telegraph brings home awards at INA Convention

The North Tama Telegraph and its parent publication the Times-Republican walked away with several honors at the annual Iowa Newspaper Association convention and awards banquet held at the downtown Des Moines Marriott Thursday, Feb. 2 including three first place awards for Telegraph reporter ...

Irvine Prairie to triple in size

Thanks to a generous gift, a local tallgrass prairie restoration project managed by the University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) will more than triple in size. Cathy Irvine of Dysart has donated more land from her late husband David Irvine’s family farm in northwest ...