AREA – The upcoming Tuesday, June 2 primary election for Iowa House District 76 will be a straightforward contest with only one candidate filing in each of the major-party races. House District 76 encompasses the townships of Clark, Perry, Geneseo, and Buckingham in northeast Tama County ...
DYSART – The Dysart Community Foundation is announcing the distribution of $12,700 in grants to the following organizations serving the City of Dysart. -Dysart Community Vacation Bible School: Funding assistance for materials and snacks -Norma Anders Public Library: Summer reading ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District continues to strengthen student literary outcomes through a two-year professional learning initiative focused on the Science of Reading and Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling (LETRS). The district implemented the ...
MARSHALLTOWN – Phi Theta Kappa advisors Dr. Cecil Holland and Jen Gunderson are pleased to announce the induction of 62 students into the Alpha Iota Rho Chapter at Marshalltown Community College this spring. Students were formally recognized during an induction ceremony held Tuesday, April ...
LA PORTE CITY – On Wednesday, May 6, Union High School hosted the annual Senior Scholarship and Recognition Night. As has become tradition, it was an amazing night celebrating the current senior class. Local scholarships generated over $82,000 worth of monetary college support; this does not ...
LA PORTE CITY – It was a special night at Union Stadium last Friday as the Knights girls track and field team raced their way to a gold-medal finish in the 4x800-meter relay during the annual REB Relays held for the first time since retired coach and educator, Richard “Rich” Behrens of ...
DES MOINES – Jillian Hanson, a senior at Union Community School District, and Joshua Lasley, a senior at North Tama County Community School District, were among those recognized by Gov. Kim Reynolds and Lt. Governor Chris Cournoyer for outstanding academic achievement at the 24th Annual ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District’s proposed property tax levy rate for fiscal year 2027 is 3.18% lower than the previous year. The proposed rate of $11.404 per $1,000 of taxable property value for FY27 continues a trend of declining rates at Union CSD in recent years. ...
AMES – A total of 18 La Porte-Dysart FFA members joined FFA chapters from across Iowa for the 98th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference April 19-21 at Iowa State University’s Hilton Coliseum in Ames. The Iowa FFA State Leadership Conference is one the largest of its kind in the National FFA ...
DYSART – While she may not be a “Dysart native,” retired educator Cathy Irvine has certainly blessed the community she has called home for most of her adult life with two incredible gifts – a pair of land donations, including the nearly 300-acre Irvine Prairie located roughly five ...