DES MOINES – The State Historical Society of Iowa’s mobile museum is hitting the road again as it continues its journey to all 99 Iowa counties. Housed in a custom-built Winnebago, the 300-square-foot museum on wheels launched in 2017 and completed its first 99-county tour in 2019, ...
DYSART – From prairie tours to a kiddie bike rodeo and seemingly everything in between, Dysart is ready to celebrate 150 years since its founding. In just over a week's time, the community of Dysart will officially commemorate its Sesquicentennial year by hosting two full days of mostly ...
Little Free Libraries are a global phenomenon. The small, front-yard book exchanges number more than 150,000 around the world in over 100 countries from Iceland to Tasmania to Pakistan. Now, a new Little Free Library located at 905 Clark Street in Dysart will join the movement to share ...
The Dysart Historical Society will be hosting a Quilt Show at its Museum Complex in conjunction with the town’s Sesquicentennial July 2 and 3. Hours for the show are noon – 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 2, and 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Monday, July 3. The Museum Complex is located at 612 Crisman ...
BUCKINGHAM – This year marks the 101st anniversary of the first graduating class of the Geneseo Consolidated School. The Geneseo Alumni Association held a banquet to mark the occasion on June 10 at the Geneseo United Methodist Church in rural Buckingham. There were 54 alumni and guests in ...
RURAL DYSART - Last Friday afternoon on local conservationist Cathy Irvine’s farm located roughly five miles north of Dysart as the crow flies, a special ceremony took place in a meadow tucked between a grove of nut trees and a former soybean field. Some 60 people had gathered to officially ...
DYSART — The new Main Street Pocket Park in downtown Dysart is quickly nearing completion after construction began roughly three weeks ago. The park is situated on a city-owned sliver of land sandwiched between the public library and Eikamp Insurance Agency (314 Main Street) on the east ...
DYSART – For years, the poor condition of Dysart-Geneseo Elementary’s almost 35-year-old playground was something district administrators had to let slide – but not any longer following a recent decision to say goodbye to the aging structure. During the school’s final assembly of ...
DYSART – Residents will have the opportunity to share their ideas for improving the City of Dysart at a design workshop hosted by the Dysart Community Visioning committee at the Community Center on Friday, June 9. This workshop is the culmination of an input-gathering process to identify ...
This year marks the 101st anniversary of the first graduating class from the Geneseo Consolidated School. There were four graduates that year. Through the years, the school and district underwent several changes including a new addition to the school built and dedicated in April of 1955. ...