LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District improved its four-year graduation rate and was one of 50 districts statewide that had no dropouts during the 2024-25 school year. According to the Iowa Department of Education, Union CSD’s four-year graduation rate in 2025 was 95.52 ...
TOLEDO – Words of warning from a concerned observer predicted financial ruin for Dysart farmer, Al Schafbuch, as he began to introduce cover crop practices on his farm. He was ahead of his time and experimented with the practice long before the idea was fully understood. Two decades later, ...
DYSART – Union Middle School has been named a 2025–2026 Capturing Kids’ Hearts® National Showcase School, recognizing the campus for its intentional focus on relationships, student engagement, and a positive learning environment. This designation is awarded to schools that are creating ...
WATERLOO – Union High School celebrated prom last Saturday, April 11, beginning with the Grand March (open to the public) in the high school auditorium in La Porte City followed by dinner at the Courtyard Marriott in Waterloo and then dancing/after prom activities at Cedar Valley SportsPlex. ...
DYSART - The Dysart Historical Society will hold the annual meeting on Sunday, April 19 at 2 p.m. at the Agricultural Museum, 612 Crisman Street. Following the brief annual meeting, Cathy Irvine will present “Restoring a Prairie and Sharing a Woodland.” She will be sharing her vision and ...
DYSART - Ascalon Lodge will be hosting their annual pancake breakfast for local scholarships on Sunday, April 19 at the Dysart Community Building from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. The menu includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage and beverages. The freewill donations will be used to fund ...
Telegraph Note: Due to public notices space issues, the newspaper's regular Norma Anders Public Library report did not publish in the print edition. The newspaper did not receive a library report from Traer for this week's edition. Save the Date We are excited to welcome back Dr. Michael ...
LA PORTE CITY – Recent testing recently completed at Union Community School District’s four educational facilities found no unsafe levels of radon. Radon is a naturally occurring gas in the ground that can enter buildings through foundation cracks, gaps, joints, and water supplies. The ...
WAVERLY – Dysart’s Becca Payne is part of a team of students from Wartburg College's Department of Journalism & Communication who premiered their documentary, "More Than a Team: A Knight's Legacy," this past Thursday, April 9, in Neumann Auditorium. The event, which was hosted in ...
DYSART – A trio of Dysart area veterans who continue to answer the call to serve were honored on Thursday, March 19, during the Dysart Myers-Gordy-Pippert American Legion Post 335 meeting. Those celebrated during the meeting included Legionnaires John Miller who recently surpassed 70 years ...