In need of music for a holiday gathering, Christmas party, or church meeting? The Union Carolers are now accepting bookings for events throughout eastern Iowa. The Union Carolers are an a cappella ensemble that provides about 20 minutes of holiday music for any festive event, all while ...
RURAL DYSART – Irvine Prairie in rural Dysart was featured as part of this year’s annual Roadside Vegetation Conference – a conference organized by UNI’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) for those working in one way or another in county roadside vegetation programs. While most of the ...
The Irvine Prairie in Dysart will be featured in an upcoming episode of Iowa PBS’s Iowa Life, a new magazine-style series uncovering the diverse tapestry of Iowa's people, cultures and stories. The episode featuring Irvine Prairie will premiere Tuesday, October 10 at 6:30 p.m. and be ...
DYSART – In a rural, agrarian community like Dysart where the local elementary school’s playground is dedicated to two area youngsters who tragically lost their lives in separate farming accidents, planting the seeds of farm safety couldn’t be more important. National Farm Safety and ...
CLUTIER – The Clutier, Dysart, and Traer fire departments were able to successfully respond last Friday to a large field fire that ignited northeast of Clutier during harvest. Oneida Township resident Dave Degner, who lives in the 2300 block of V Avenue, said he was out watering some trees ...
The Tama County communities of Dysart and Traer were honored recently by the Iowa Senate courtesy of state Sen. Eric Giddens (D-Cedar Falls) – whose district includes both towns – in celebration of their respective sesquicentennial anniversaries this year. Sen. Giddens stopped by city ...
DYSART – As is becoming an annual tradition, Union Community Schools celebrated Iowa Local Food Day last week on Wednesday, Sept. 27 over the lunch hour. For the celebration’s main course, the district served both beef burgers and all-beef bratwurst from Farming with Mark out of La Porte ...
DYSART – State Senator Eric Giddens is exploring new territory. Following the 2020 Census and resulting redistricting process, some voters suddenly found themselves represented by legislators who had never before appeared on their ballots as precincts and districts were redrawn. For those ...
LA PORTE CITY – A steady barrage of lightning led to a delay and eventual rescheduling to Monday of the Union Knights’ homecoming game against Prairie City-Monroe last Friday night. Prior to the game’s 7:30 p.m. kickoff in Union Stadium, the district elected to cancel the ...
DYSART – A year ago this month, rural Dysart resident Jeremy Sills took a big leap by purchasing the longtime Vinton realty firm for which he once worked as a crop advisor and licensed real estate broker – Iowa Land Management and Real Estate Company. And since that time he’s leaped ...