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Dysart News

Season’s greetings!

The magic of the holidays was in the air last weekend in both Dysart and Traer as each community kicked off the festive season with annual hometown events including the Lighted Holiday Parade in downtown Traer on Friday and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus at the community building in Dysart ...

Ellsworth completes internship with Dysart’s Hatch Grading & Contracting

DYSART – Union High School senior Keegan Ellsworth participated during Trimester I this fall in the district’s school-to-work internship program with Hatch Grading & Contracting, Inc. owned by Dysart residents Dan and Kori Hatch. According to a recent post on the school district’s ...

Merriment abounds next weekend

Those in search of holiday merrymaking need look no further than northern Tama County next weekend as both the communities of Dysart and Traer gear up to host hometown holiday events. Traer’s Holiday Happenings kicks off Dec. 1 TRAER – The Traer Chamber of Commerce’s annual Holiday ...

Local 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl team earns top-3 finish at nationals

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Benton County 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl team represented Iowa earlier this month at the National 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl contest held in Louisville, Kentucky with an impressive top-three finish! Coached by Maureen Hanson, the team has been studying and practicing ...

Local volunteers needed for high school speech contest

Union High School has been honored with the opportunity to host the District Large Group Speech Contest this year. The District Large Group Contest will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2024. We are in need of volunteers (roughly 20 adults) for room chairs, time keepers, and additional tasks ...

Union High School Drama Dept. stages ‘Open Interviews’

LA PORTE CITY – High school thespians took to the Matt Auditorium stage last Friday and Saturday evenings as part of the Union High School Drama Department’s fall production of Open Interviews. Under the direction of teacher Stephanie Sauer, a small, tight-knit group of students ...

Northern Tama County observes Veterans Day

Veterans Day – which took place on Saturday, Nov. 11 this year – was observed in several places across northern Tama County on Friday. Public programs were held in the morning at both North Tama and Union Middle School in their respective gymnasiums, while later that day Pete Eikamp and ...

End of an era…

WATERLOO – The Iowa McNamee Clan held their 100th and final reunion on June 4, 2023, with 58 in attendance, 41 being McNamees by birth. They were able to celebrate their last meeting at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Waterloo, Iowa. The Iowa McNamees came from Ohio with their ...

Wolf Creek Players performs ‘Steel Magnolias’ in Dysart

DYSART – Last weekend the theatre group Wolf Creek Players took to the Union Middle School stage to perform their fall production, the beloved comedy drama “Steel Magnolias” by American playwright Robert Harling. Deb Kloster directed the production which featured local actors including ...