DYSART – The La Porte-Dysart FFA Chapter will be hosting their annual FFA Member Scholarship breakfast at Union Middle School in Dysart on Sunday, March 29, from 9 a.m. to noon. This free-will donation breakfast funds our senior scholarship program for graduating members. FFA members will be ...
DYSART – The Dysart Cemetery Association is planning to install 30 new block markers throughout the cemetery as part of a $3,500 improvement project. A large cemetery map will also be placed next to the directory to help visitors easily locate grave sites. The project is expected to be ...
DYSART – The Dysart Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting on Thursday, March 5, bringing together business owners, community leaders, volunteers, and residents to reflect on the past year and look ahead to 2026. Chamber President Nicole Taylor opened the meeting by welcoming ...
DYSART – It will be six years this summer since Bobby Torres moved from Texas with his family in order to take the reins at Dysart’s only independent grocery store, purchasing Terry’s Food Center and renaming it Bobby's Grocery & BBQ. But in the wake of a string of financial ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union High School rounded out the Hall of Fame Class of 2025 ceremonies by inducting two final recipients on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026 – the legendary 2015 wrestling team and one of the program’s most accomplished individuals, grappler Max Thomsen. Both were honored in the ...
DES MOINES – With his dad — Union Knights head wrestling coach and 2000 state medalist Bart Mehlert — both figuratively and literally in his corner Saturday night, Coy Mehlert made it a family tradition by winning gold at the 2026 IHSAA State Wrestling Championships in Des ...
In last week’s story “Public Health budget takes center stage at supervisors meeting,” Tama County Public Health & Home Care Clinical Manager LeeAnna Kriegel was quoted by the newspaper as stating during the meeting: “We live in a county that does not have a hospital, does not have ...
CEDAR FALLS – The University of Northern Iowa’s Tallgrass Prairie Center (TPC) is set to kick off its spring 2026 seminar series focusing on restoration and management of prairies. Free and open to the public through both virtual attendance and in-person, the series’s theme is ...
AMES – The following area students were recently named to the President’s List at Iowa State University. Approximately 1,216 students achieved this prestigious designation by maintaining a 4.0 GPA for two consecutive semesters. –Carlie Christine Spore, Dysart, Public Relations, ...
WATERLOO – The following are Hawkeye Community College December 2025 graduates and their programs of study in the local area. –Mercedes Fink; Clutier; Associate Degree Nursing; AAS –Samuel Snyder; Clutier; EMT Certificate –Lucas Albertsen; Dysart; Welding; Certificate; Honors ...