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Letters to the Editor

Summer school addresses reading and math skills

The idea of putting a backpack and heading to school in July may seem out of place for many students over summer break, yet for a group of students and teachers at DG Elementary, summer school is a time to keep up with reading and math for next year.Summer school for DG Elementary runs from ...

Farmers Market returns to Dysart Park

The 2019 Dysart Farmers Market season returned on Tuesday, July 2, returning to Dysart Park after several years on Main Street.Among several changes this year is Erica Dickerson as the new manager of the Dysart Farmers Market after Rhonda Lassen step down in 2018. The Dysart Development ...

New Dysart Community Trailhead dedicated at Twin Trails Celebration

A two-year cooperative effort of the Dysart Tree Board and Beautification, the Dysart Trail Committee, and the Dysart Development Corporation has led to the dedication of the Dysart Community Trailhead, complete with several features riders along Roberts Trail require as they stop into town.The ...

Club Dysart prepared for 4th of July

Club Dysart's Annual 4th of July Celebration is just around the corner and organizers feel ready this season for the flood of visitors expected to grace the town that Thursday."4th of July is always a great time for Dysart," Amanda Schneider, President of Club Dysart said. "There's something ...

Author Ann Markim visits Norma Anders Public Library

"Why am I here?" was the question author Anna Markim posed to an engaged audience at Norma Anders Library on Tuesday, June 18 as the former Dysart resident visited to discuss her book and the research which led to her writing.Born Margaret Irvine (Knudsen), Markim is the author of "The Legacy", ...

Dysart Aquatic Center open for summer

The Dysart Aquatic Center is up and running for the summer and despite setbacks in the past year the staff is primed to provide area families with a fun, safe pool for the scorching days ahead.Michelle Lynn returns for her third season as the manager of Dysart Aquatic Center, which is run by ...

Pipho and Gingrich break ground for new dentistry office

Doctors Robert Pipho and Sarah Gingrich will be moving their family dentistry office in Dysart just across the street this fall as they address the needs of their practice to continue in town.Currently located at 407 Wilson Street, the practice will be moving to a larger location to be ...

Scott enlists U.S. Air Force

Dysart resident and recent Union graduate Mason Scott has joined the U.S. Air Force, swearing in for duty on Wednesday, May 29 at MEPS in Camp Dodge in Johnston, IA.Currently, Scott is attending boot camp at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX for mechanical aptitude and the family is ...

Ollendieck readies for challenges ahead for Tama County Economic Development

Katherine Ollendieck of rural Dysart was named Economic Development Director of the Tama County Economic Development Commission (TCEDC) on April 9, and since then she's feels the need to hit the ground running.Ollendieck has spent the past twenty years as an independent consultant and grant ...

Connell street project approved for this summer

The Dysart City Council has approved a pavement and storm sewer replacement project along Connell Street from Jefferson Street to East Street with Anderson-Bogert Engineers this summer."The existing pavement is in terrible conditions, but recently one of the storm sewers collapsed and it became ...