Cemeteries are known to hold untold stories and secrets. Spencer Cemetery, located on County D65 north of Dysart and east of the old Geneseo School, has a secret of its own. Many in the neighborhood have puzzled over recent rumors of an unmarked mass burial site at the cemetery. ...
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 ...