Union Speech sent 23 events and 19 students to the District Individual Speech Contest at Maquoketa Valley High School on Monday, Feb. 25, with 14 events moving on to state.The following events competed at Maquoketa Valley, with those receiving a Division I rating moving on to State in Forest ...

Union High School Principal Jim Cayton will resign at the end of the current school year, with his retirement approved by the Union school board on Monday, Feb. 18."When you turn 55, you start thinking about retirement and what you want to do next, but that was around when I was hired here at ...

The Union football program has promoted Jared Pospisil from a volunteer coach to the head coach of the Union Knights for the 2019 season, succeeding Joe Hadachek after his resignation in December."I'm looking forward to this process and can't thank Coach Hadachek enough for his support during ...

Members of the Union Dance Team performed one last time together on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Union Middle School for their annual showcase and fundraiser while also recognizing the middle school dancers and four seniors."This year's team is defined by our large group with 24 out the season," ...

Dysart residents and area dog owners will once again have a grooming salon in their vicinity as Sue Rutledge has reopened The Petshed LLC in Dysart again after moving the business to Oelwein.Rutledge started The Petshed LLC in Dysart in 2015 after twelve years of dog grooming experience prior ...

Students, faculty and administrators at Union received a surprise second winter break as record-low temperatures and snow kept them out of school for nearly two weeks between January 22 to January 31."There were absolutely no indication this would turn into so many snow days," Travis Fleshner, ...

Large Group Speech from Union High competed in a delayed District contest on Saturday, Jan. 26 at Cascade High School, with seven groups advancing to the State contest this weekend at Waterloo West High School."We had a hectic but overall successful day this past Saturday at our district speech ...

The Dysart City Council approved to move forward in the process to adopt tax abatement in town during a special meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 23, establishing a public hearing for the March 13 meeting.As reported in the January 18 issue of the Dysart Reporter, the City of Dysart is considering a ...

Tim Brown has recently been elected as the new Fire Chief of the Dysart Fire Department with Al Bredehoeft stepping down.Brown has been a member of the Dysart Fire Department since 2005 and got involved to be "a servant of the community" and was asked by the department. Outside of his ...

An Emergency Medical Technician class hosted in Dysart by Ambulance Director Julie Scadden has certified six students as EMTs to address the lack of certified volunteers in Dysart and the area.Of those certified as EMTs, four are are from Dysart, one from Traer and one fromm Garrison. Each ...