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Dysart News

Viola Irvine Nature Preserve opens in Dysart

In a state that lost roughly 4 million trees in 2020 to derecho devastation, the recent donation of a wooded, 2-acre parcel of land owned by local conservationist and retired teacher Cathy Irvine to the city of Dysart for the creation of the Viola Irvine Nature Preserve could not have come at a ...

Celebrating School Library Month with Union’s Mrs. Gassman

Since 1985, the month of April has been designated School Library Month – a time set aside to celebrate the valuable contributions of America’s school libraries and librarians including teacher librarians like Union’s Jennifer Gassman, the only certified librarian assigned to the ...

East coast developer poised to take over bankrupt nursing home chain in Iowa

Telegraph Note: QHC Facilities – based in Clive, Iowa – operates Sunnycrest Nursing Center located at 401 Crisman St. in Dysart. Sunnycrest is licensed to provide skilled and intermediate nursing care, according to the facility’s website. A federal judge has approved the sale of an Iowa ...

Fire and founder meet on the prairie

Two very special visitors made an appearance on the UNI-Tallgrass Prairie Center’s (TPC) Irvine Prairie north of Dysart this past week – fire and the center’s founder, Dr. Daryl Smith. “I’m the old burner,” Smith said with a laugh as he stood in the roadway on Thursday, April 21, ...

Dysart to celebrate Arbor Day with events

Dysart will be celebrating Arbor Day on Friday, April 29, with several events. The annual Arbor Day tree planting will take place at 8:45 a.m. on the west side of D-G Elementary School. The elementary students and staff, along with Dysart’s Mayor and Tree Board, will take part in the ...

La Porte-Dysart FFA Chapter named 2022 Growing Leaders Division winner

The Iowa FFA Supreme National Chapter Award Program was held as part of the 94th Iowa FFA Leadership Conference in Ames, on April 10-12, 2022. Thirty chapters participated in this year’s award program. The National Chapter Award program encourages participating chapters to plan activities ...

News & Notes from Dysart City Council

The regular April meeting of the Dysart City Council held on Wednesday, April 13, began with public comments from rural Clutier resident Chris Behrens. Behrens addressed members of the council and Mayor Tim Glenn regarding a public forum set for the following week on Tuesday, April 19, at the ...

Local school administrator receives FFA’s Distinguished Service Award

As part of this year’s annual Iowa FFA Leadership Conference which took place in Ames on April 10-12, North Tama Schools Superintendent David Hill was presented with a Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding dedication and support to the association through the years. The award – ...

No. 12 Union-North Tama girls soccer steady this season with wins & losses

After beating Benton Community the day prior (2-1), the Class 1A No. 12-ranked Union-North Tama girls soccer team moved to 2-2 for the season following a 6-0 loss at home to the 3A No. 13 Cedar Falls Tigers on Tuesday, April 12. If not for the Knights’ dominant defensive duo of keeper Dacey ...

Tama County Against Turbines public meeting, forum set for April 19 in Dysart

Tama County residents interested in learning more about the impact of wind turbines in the wake of a proposed industrial wind turbine project in Tama County are invited to attend a public meeting and forum, Tuesday, April 19, starting at 7:00 p.m. at the Union Middle School auditorium at 505 ...