TOLEDO – As the thunder cracked across the inky black sky and large raindrops fell from the dark clouds above, the team in the Tama County Auditor's office worked with a fervor. Primary votes were being tallied, nails were being chewed, and for the first time in decades, there's a new ...
IRVINE PRAIRIE – Roughly 60 Union high schoolers from Craig Hemsath’s science classes and Adam Sacquitne’s agriculture classes visited Irvine Prairie north of Dysart on May 22 as part of the annual spring planting day at the Tallgrass Prairie Center’s (TPC) ...
DYSART – Wolf Creek Players is a local theater group. We are sponsoring a week-long theatre camp for anyone age 7 and up! The experienced actors and actresses from the Footliters Traveling Playhouse from Coralville, Iowa, will direct the week. They will bring scripts, costumes, and the set ...
PELLA – Jasmyn Bush of La Porte City was one of 232 Central College students who were celebrated during Commencement 2024 on Saturday, May 11, in the Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium, in Pella, Iowa. Bush earned a bachelor's degree in December 2023 majoring in Kinesiology. Central College ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Aubrey Gates of La Porte City was recently named to the University of Sioux Falls Spring 2024 Dean's List. Gates is majoring in Exercise Science. Gates was among more than 575 students named to the Spring 2024 Dean's List. To qualify, students must be enrolled in at ...
Tama Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) celebrated Soil & Water Stewardship Week this year by donating conservation books to local elementary school libraries throughout Tama County. On behalf of her students, Dysart-Geneseo Media Aide Peg Hennings has received four ...
DYSART – Last Wednesday, Dysart celebrated the once-in-a-century convergence when the calendar date (5/22/24) matches up with the town’s ZIP code (52224). Spearheaded by Dysart Development Corporation, ‘52224 Day’ culminated with a party in City Park from 4-8 p.m. Norma Anders ...
CEDAR RAPIDS – The 2024 Kirkwood Community College Commencement Ceremony was held on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids. Congratulations to Dysart resident Tonya Braggs who graduated with an Associate of Applied Science!
ST. GEORGE, Utah – Students at Utah Tech University showcased exceptional academic performance during the spring 2024 semester, with 1,276 Trailblazers earning Dean's List honors. Katelyn Jolley of La Porte City was among those honored, earning a spot on the Dean's List for the spring 2024 ...
DYSART – Members of Dysart's Myers-Gordy-Pippert American Legion Post 335 along with high school bugler Elizabeth Lampe of Garrison and a contingent of the Union High School Band under the direction of Michael Bistline solemnly paraded down two blocks of Dysart’s Main Street on Monday ...