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Dysart News

Union names Mary Peterson as next LPC Elementary principal

LA PORTE CITY – Union Community School District has tapped literacy coach Mary Peterson – a resident of Dunkerton who works for the Waterloo Community School District – to be the next La Porte City Elementary principal. During the Monday, April 15 school board meeting, Peterson’s ...

Dysart Development Corporation (DDC) to hold annual meeting April 30

DYSART – The Dysart Development Corporation (DDC) will hold the organization’s annual meeting on April 30 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Dysart Community Building. Join the DDC Board Members as we discuss the previous fiscal year and what we’re planning for the year ahead. You will also be ...

Brehm named 2024 National Merit Scholarship Finalist

LA PORTE CITY – Adam Brehm, a senior at Union High School, was recently announced as a 2024 National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Brehm is one of only 15,000 seniors receiving the designation out of 1.3 million students who entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program. Students enter ...

Slow Burn

IRVINE PRAIRIE – Sometimes it takes more than a spark. Last Thursday, three plantings in the southeastern corner of Irvine Prairie located north of Dysart were subjected to a slower-than-usual prescribed burn thanks to a combination of challenging wind conditions, spotty fuel load, and ...

Union approves sharing agreement with La Porte City

LA PORTE CITY - Union Community School District and the City of La Porte will soon share more than just a geographic location. During the Monday, April 1, special meeting of the Union Board of Education held at the high school, Superintendent John Howard shared that the La Porte City Council ...

Northern Tama County residents observe total solar eclipse

A total solar eclipse was visible from the United States this past Monday, April 8. While Iowa was not in the path of totality which stretched from Texas to Maine in a narrow band, the state did experience somewhere between 70 to 85 percent of the eclipse depending on location. The peak ...

Dysart Historical Society to hold annual meeting April 14

DYSART – The Dysart Historical Society’s annual meeting will be held on Sunday, April 14, at the Historical Center’s Agriculture Museum starting at 2 p.m. The meeting will begin with a program by nationally known local artist Mary Snyder Behrens. The title for her program is ...

Tama Benton Coop’s drive-thru Community Shred Day set for April 13

DYSART – Tama Benton Cooperative is sponsoring a Community Shred Day event on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to noon (or until the truck is filled). This free, drive-through drop-off will take place at their Dysart Office located at 504 Estelle St. and is open to community members and ...