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North Tama teacher resigns

Education

TRAER – A North Tama teacher who was previously placed on administrative leave after being charged with child endangerment has now resigned. “I am writing to inform you I am resigning from my teaching, JH Stuco [Junior High Student Council], and HOCO [Homecoming] contracts for the ...

Union superintendent addresses $18.5 million bond referendum

Education

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

Education

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, ...

Tama County Fair ‘lassos a legacy’

Local News

GLADBROOK - The 2025 Tama County Fair was held July 14-20 at the fairgrounds in Gladbrook. Despite multiple rainy days, the weather was relatively accommodating for July in Iowa. The 2025 fair's 4-H/FFA theme was 'Lasso Your Legacy.' Most of the stalls in the livestock barns were full which ...

‘Experienced Care: The Small Town Way’

Local News

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 ...

Huston Danker murder trial set to begin Aug. 12

Local News

TOLEDO – It has been exactly two weeks since Karina Cooper was convicted of first-degree murder and now, barring any unforeseen circumstances, her co-defendant in the case, Huston William Danker, will proceed to trial on the same charge beginning Aug. 12 in Johnson County. This past Monday, ...

Dysart Community Foundation awards grant to Wolf Creek Players

Local News

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) ...