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 ...
The talented trailblazing quartet that comprises the Union girls’ 2021-2022 wrestling team made their way to the Iowa Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association (IWCOA) fourth annual interscholastic Iowa High School Girls Wrestling Championships in Coralville last weekend and came away with ...
The children of Little Knights Learning Center (LKLC) in Dysart ended their afternoon naptime a bit early last Thursday, Jan. 20 in preparation for an important visitor to their rural child care center – Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Gov. Reynolds (R-Iowa) made the trek to Tama County from Des ...
1. During the rescheduled-due-to-illness regular meeting of the Dysart City Council on Jan. 17, the hiring of Dysart Police Officer Jeremy Stenda – who has been working as a part time member of the Dysart Police Dept. since the summer of 2019 – as the third full time department member was ...