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Dysart News

Traer Pizza Palace set to shutter – ‘tentatively’ Aug. 9

TRAER – Those with Traer Pizza Palace gift certificates need to act fast and seize the moment before the business possibly closes for good. “August 9th tentatively will be our last day,” the business posted on Facebook on Sunday, July 27. “If you have gift certificates get them used ...

Union superintendent addresses $18.5 million bond referendum

DYSART – In the wake of the Monday, July 21 Union Community School District Board of Education meeting, Superintendent John Howard penned a letter dated July 24 to school district families in regard to the upcoming Tuesday, Nov. 4 school bond election. The Telegraph is publishing Howard’s ...

Record turnout at Dysart’s Car, Truck & Bike Show

DYSART – Dysart’s 23rd annual Car, Truck & Bike Show brought Main Street to life on Friday, July 18, with a record number of entries and visitors. The annual event brought out crowds from across the region to admire a dazzling variety of vehicles and enjoy an evening of classic cars, ...

‘Experienced Care: The Small Town Way’

DYSART – Following the shuttering of the town’s only medical clinic earlier this year as part of a rash of MercyOne closures and consolidations across Iowa in recent years, healthcare services have officially returned to Dysart. On Thursday, July 17, the Dysart Chamber of Commerce held a ...

Dysart Community Foundation awards grant to Wolf Creek Players

DYSART – The Wolf Creek Players applied for a 2025 grant from the Dysart Community Foundation to help fund this summer’s theater camp for children. On hand for the recent grant distribution were teaching artists with Coralville’s Footliters Traveling Playhouse including (back row, l-r) ...

Lily Love

DYSART – Despite the brief, ephemeral nature of a daylily’s blooms, Dick and Jo Palmer of Dysart have developed an all-seasons love for the happy-faced flowering perennials. It’s an appreciation so deep, in fact, the retired farming couple’s Wilson Street yard today boasts more than ...

Dysart to celebrate National Night Out on Aug. 5

DYSART – A free, family-friendly evening of community, fun, and connection is coming to Dysart this August! The Dysart Chamber of Commerce and Dysart Police Department invite the public to celebrate National Night Out, an annual event that brings neighbors and first responders together to ...

Dysart-Geneseo Class of ‘75 celebrates 50th

DYSART - Dysart-Geneseo Class of 1975 had its 50th reunion on July 5 with a great turn out. The class also participated in the Fourth of July parade in Dysart with a float. Pictured from left to right front row are: Cara (Messer) Johnson, Madonna (Milne) Foulk, Mary Jo (Higgins) Kavalier, Rita ...

Happy Independence Day!

DYSART – As Americans across the country celebrated Independence Day last weekend, Club Dysart hosted the town’s annual Fourth of July celebration on Thursday and Friday with most of the activities held in City Park. Highlights included the perennially well-attended Dysart Lions Club ...

Union school board unanimously supports facility improvement plan

LA PORTE CITY — Union Community School District Board of Directors unanimously support moving forward with a focused, fiscally responsible facility improvement plan. This plan addresses core issues including outdated infrastructure, safety and security gaps, and programming limitations due to ...