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Dysart News

Cheers to 10 years!

DYSART – It’s been 10 years since Katherine ‘Kathy’ Bonewitz and her mother Mary Huffman opened KE Black Mercantile in downtown Dysart and while many small shops/eateries have come and gone during that time, their gourmet kitchen store and coffee shop is as popular as ever – ...

Union High School’s Academic Decathlon team competes at Nationals

PITTSBURG – The Union High School Academic Decathlon team competed at the Technology & Humanity National Academic Decathlon on April 25-27, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team qualified for this event by placing first this year in the small schools in the state of Iowa. We had ...

Becca Payne honored with IBNA award

WAVERLY – Becca Payne of Dysart was recognized at the Iowa Broadcast News Association's annual conference in April. Payne received third place in Best Newscast. KWAR is advised by Pam Ohrt, and Knight Vision News is advised by Ron Johnson. Lucas Wendland is the broadcast engineer. Wartburg ...

United in Dysart

DYSART – Just after 2 o’clock last Thursday afternoon, five members of the active duty military/veterans/first responders organization Frontlines United Inc. sat down with U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) at Harper’s Public House in Dysart and put on their thinking caps in a joint ...

Tama County Community Foundation Awards over $195,845 in 2024 grants

TOLEDO – The Tama County Community Foundation (TCCF) held its grant awards celebration at Wieting Theatre in Toledo on April 11, announcing the distribution of $195,845 to 26 projects of organizations serving Tama County through its 2024 grant cycle. “It’s an honor for the Tama County ...