It was synch or swim week at Union Middle School (UMS) on Monday morning as the final teams – The Goated Grotes, The Orangutans, Gangsta Girls, The Spore Bros, Kourni, Don’t Stop Believing Jimmy, Sisters from Different Misters, and Gettin’ Lippy With It – took to the auditorium stage as ...
Between the 2021-2022 Union Knights’ boys and girls wrestling seasons, there’s now two state champions among their ranks with freshman Jace Hedeman capturing the 106 pounds championship title Saturday evening in Des Moines, thereby joining Union freshman Jillian Worthen who did the same in ...
Republican Tony Chavez, 26, of Cedar Falls, recently announced his intentions to run for the new Iowa House District 76. “Bringing people together to solve the bigger issues has always been my passion,” Chavez said as part of a press release. “After being involved in local politics, ...
It was an expensive night at the most recent meeting of the Dysart City Council as two large bid packages were approved, setting the stage for both an updated city lagoon and street improvements along Crisman Street. Shortly after the meeting began, engineer Ross Hillsman with the ...
The powerhouse Union Knights boys wrestling team punched six tickets to the Iowa High School Individual State Wrestling Tournament this past Saturday, Feb. 12, during the Class 2A District 5 tournament in New Hampton. Seven members of the team made their way to New Hampton to compete at ...
Valentine’s Day was particularly sweet for the Union boys’ basketball team this past Monday in La Porte City with the Knights beating the Columbus Catholic Sailors, 45-37, for the team’s first postseason win since 2015-2016 season where they advanced out of the first round. During Monday ...
The Knights boys’ wrestling team continued to excel in the postseason this past Saturday, advancing seven wrestlers out of the Class 2A Sectional 10 tournament in Independence to next Saturday’s District 5 Tournament in New Hampton – the state tournament seemingly a mere heartbeat away ...
State Rep. Dave Williams (D-Cedar Falls) – who previously indicated his intentions to run for reelection later this year in the remade Iowa House District 76 – announced Thursday, Feb. 3 he will be retiring from the Iowa Legislature after serving two terms. Following redistricting in late ...
It is that time of year again…the time when the Union Speech Team prepares for both Large Group and Individual contests. The District Large Group Contest took place Saturday, Jan. 22, at West High School in Waterloo. The Union Speech Team ended up taking four groups to contest, with two of ...
If you couldn't make it to the second Dysart Police Department’s ‘Coffee & Donuts with a Cop’ chat last Tuesday, Jan. 25 in the Dysart Community Building, Dysart PD doesn’t blame you as the outside temperatures that morning felt like a cool minus 17 degrees Fahrenheit. In an ...