The annual quest to locate Iowa’s most flavorful tenderloin sandwich has concluded and as many in Tama County already knew – Harper’s Public House in Dysart features a top contender. The barely-year-old restaurant – owned and operated by Jenna and Chad Scott – finished in the top-40 ...
Union’s breakfast and lunch menus featured some special items last week in honor of all things local and fresh. The district celebrated the annual Iowa Local Food Day on Wednesday, Sept. 28 by partnering with seven local farms including the district’s own Ag Science/FFA Garden. The Iowa ...
Last Friday was most definitely a good night to be a Union football fan. Despite trailing, 7-12, at the half – partially made possible by an Oelwein Huskies’ touchdown right out of the starting gate – the Union Knights quickly turned things around in the second half of Friday night’s ...
The Union Knight’s annual Homecoming run is taking on new poignancy this year. Next Friday, Sept. 30 while Union’s football team is busy readying for their Homecoming match-up with the Oelwein Huskies, members of the school’s cross country team will be lacing up to run the game ball ...
When word began to spread in late August that the semi-private, 9-hole La Porte City Golf Club would be shuttering effective Sept. 10 and put up for sale without community intervention, a group of La Porte City residents including attorneys Matt Craft and Corey Lorenzen quickly got to work to ...
In a happy update to a front-page story published in June about a crash north of Clutier involving two semis, Dysart mother Natalie Smice gave birth two weeks early to a healthy baby girl last Friday. Smice was pregnant at the time the crash occurred which resulted in her being airlifted to ...
An Iowa nursing home chain that’s mired in bankruptcy proceedings is edging closer to a settlement agreement on millions of dollars owed to the federal government. QHC Facilities, an Iowa company that filed for bankruptcy late last year, has in recent years operated eight Iowa nursing homes ...
Under beautiful, mostly sunny skies and amid mild temperatures perfect for all those back-to-school summer outfits, both North Tama and Union school districts welcomed students back to the classroom this past Wednesday morning while also bringing on many new staff members. Shortly after 8:00 ...
It is with great pleasure that I write this introductory piece for the wonderful community of Dysart. Since I took the position as superintendent of the Union Community School District on July 1, 2022, I have spent many hours in Dysart meeting (some) city officials, talking to citizens, touring ...
A bankrupt Iowa nursing home chain with a history of abuse-and-neglect violations owes taxpayers $6 million in unpaid fines and fees. QHC Facilities, which owns eight nursing homes and two assisted living facilities in Iowa including Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart, has been cited for at ...