It is with great pleasure that I write this introductory piece for the wonderful community of Dysart. Since I took the position as superintendent of the Union Community School District on July 1, 2022, I have spent many hours in Dysart meeting (some) city officials, talking to citizens, touring ...
Linda Mueller, a 44-year resident of Tama, presented the Tama County Board of Supervisors with a petition last Monday, Aug. 15 to increase the number of board member seats. The petition was started by a group of citizens wanting “better representation” in their county government. They hope ...
A bankrupt Iowa nursing home chain with a history of abuse-and-neglect violations owes taxpayers $6 million in unpaid fines and fees. QHC Facilities, which owns eight nursing homes and two assisted living facilities in Iowa including Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart, has been cited for at ...
With the loss of Redhawks Gabe Kopriva, Devin McKinley, Aiden Zook, and Michael Bell to graduation this past spring, North Tama football was in need of some new leadership on the gridiron. Following the team’s scrimmage with North Linn this past Friday night at home on Dennis Field – during ...
A commitment to creating wildlife habitat on her farm and sharing it with others led Cathy Irvine of Dysart to be named 2022 Iowa Conservation Woman of the Year at the Conservation Districts of Iowa Annual Conference today in Ames. Like many widowed farmwives, Irvine felt overwhelmed ...
A concrete pavement overlay project from Wolfe Creek bridge to 0.5 mile south of Iowa 58 will require closing U.S. 63, starting Tuesday, September 6, at 7 a.m.at 7:00 a.m., until November 14, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Marshalltown construction ...
Three separate Tama County farm families are set to be honored on Thursday, August 18, at the Iowa State Fair with Century Farm designations including Mark and Cindy Tomlinson and Dallas and Kaitlyn Tomlinson of Traer (est. 1911); Ray and Jo Ellen Kubik and family of Traer (est. 1908); and ...
It was a bash to remember last Saturday afternoon in downtown Traer as several hundred folks lined up along Walnut and Second streets for the Winding Stairs Festival’s 25th grand parade. The parade featured a variety of floats including local businesses/organizations; school teams; the ...
Close to 40 carts tootled onto Main Street this past Wednesday, August 10 for the annual Dysart Golf Car Cruise co-sponsored by Dysart’s Blue Hat team and Dysart Development Corporation. Best of Show this year went to Linda Nelson while the winner of the Patriotic Theme category was Steve ...