Approximately 9,500 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the spring semester 2022 Dean's List. Students named to the Dean's List must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a 4.00 scale while carrying a minimum ...
Iowa State University honored more than 4,700 students who received degrees during spring commencement ceremonies on May 12-14. Spring graduates from the area include: Clutier, Iowa Amanda Arp, Doctor of Philosophy, Rhetoric and Professional Communication Dysart, Iowa Taylor Short, ...
Fifteen northeast Iowa students will each receive a $1,000 scholarship next school year for health care-related studies. The Friends of MercyOne Cedar Falls Medical Center as well as the Friends of MercyOne Waterloo Medical Center came together to select and honor the 2022 Friends as well as ...
Barn quilts have been part of American history for decades and barn quilt trails have been started in all 99 Iowa counties and in 40 states to display the folk art of quilting, highlight the rural heritage of the area and promote tourism. Donna Sue Groves founded the barn quilt trail tradition ...
After peppering much of the eastern half of Tama County with his signature signs, Curt Hilmer of Dysart was triumphant Tuesday night in the race for the Republican nomination for District 1 Supervisor – winning resoundingly with more than 41 percent of the vote share and beating three other ...
Iowans awoke this past Memorial Day with the nation's flags already flying at half staff in honor of the victims of the tragedy in Uvalde, Texas – making the ceremonies held across the communities of Clutier and Dysart on Monday, May 30, and Traer on May 29, in memory of America’s fallen ...
Union High School held Commencement for the Class of 2022 this past Sunday, May 22, in the high school gym in La Porte City – helping 90 seniors end one chapter of their lives and move on to the next. The ceremony began at 2:00 p.m. with the Processional of the graduates into the gym ...
The Dysart Historical Society is hosting a day of learning in a “One Room Schoolhouse.” The registered students will be taught in the environment of the 1890s learning about “The Orphan Train.” Lunch will be provided with a sandwich of salami and cheese, a sandwich of honey and butter, ...
Poster winners include (l-r): Taryn Petersen and Madi Sparks, third place awards; Jackson Schellhorn, second place award; Paige Pipho, first place award. The theme from The Arbor Day Foundation this year was “Trees Are Terrific, Today & Tomorrow.” –Submitted photo
Beginning Monday, May 2, drivers along Iowa Highway 8 in Tama County’s Clark Township encountered a road closure between the junction with Iowa Highway 21 west of Dysart and county road V18 east of Traer. The project was let earlier this year and includes the removal and replacement of an ...