The North Tama and Union Academic Decathlon teams competed at State the weekend of March 4 and 5 in Urbandale, with North Tama placing seventh out of 12 schools for overall team score in the small school division, and Union placing first in the same division. Union’s championship win means ...
After first leasing office space in downtown Dysart roughly a year ago, the Virginia-based company Apex Clean Energy – better known in Tama County by its local commercial wind energy project name, Winding Stair Wind – has elected to close up shop for the time being and set its sights ...
Bike path signage During the Feb. 8 Dysart City Council meeting, the council approved a request made by Catharine Wieck with the Dysart Tree Board to place six aluminum signs along the roughly one-mile C.R. Roberts Memorial Trail which begins on Hwy 21 where the Old Creamery Nature Trail ...
The North Tama Telegraph and its parent publication the Times-Republican walked away with several honors at the annual Iowa Newspaper Association convention and awards banquet held at the downtown Des Moines Marriott Thursday, Feb. 2 including three first place awards for Telegraph reporter ...
Thanks to a generous gift, a local tallgrass prairie restoration project managed by the University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) will more than triple in size. Cathy Irvine of Dysart has donated more land from her late husband David Irvine’s family farm in northwest ...
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) made a stop last Monday, Jan. 23 in Dysart at Youngblut Ag, Inc. to discuss the upcoming Farm Bill and “the importance of pushing back against WOTUS [Waters of the United States] regulations,” according to a Facebook post from the Congresswoman’s office ...
The Union Jazz Band attended the 10th annual Triton Jazz Festival Jan. 11-13 hosted by Iowa Central Community College and held at the Best Western Starlite Village Inn and Suites in Fort Dodge. More than 40 bands from schools across Iowa performed and competed. Union performers who took home ...
North Tama Telegraph note: In an update to this story, according to Chief Deputy Joe Quandt with the Tama Co. Sheriff's Office, Tama County Dispatch has since been able to identify the caller using previous call history and confirm that he is OK. On the afternoon of Tuesday, Jan. 10, Tama ...
Nearly 1,800 graduates received degrees from Iowa State University in December. Graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies were held Dec. 16-17 at Hilton Coliseum. Beate Schmittmann, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, spoke at the graduate ceremony. Alumnus Suku ...
The Norma Anders Public Library is celebrating Dysart’s 150 years in 2023 with a year-long reading challenge. Read any 10 books set in 10 different decades from the 1870s to today and win a small prize for completing the challenge. All participants who complete the challenge will also be ...