The Dysart City Council is moving forward with the consideration of a tax abatement program for the city with several council members involved in a committee to look into the benefits of the program."The proposed tax abatement program would allow homeowners or business owners to invest in their ...
Approximately 80 Union High students will take part in Large Group Speech this year as they prepare for Districts at Cascade High School on Saturday, Jan. 19.The program starts preparing in mid-November as they put together groups and find times to practice. Each group meets through December ...
The 2019 Iowa Legislative session will convene on Monday, Jan. 14 as school districts and cities across the state will keep their eyes focused on the Capitol, including Dysart and Union school district."You're watching almost daily on what's being discussed at the Capitol," Union Superintendent ...
Dawn Stoakes, the Family and Consumer Science instructor at Union Middle School, has received a $239.65 grant from the Dysart Community Foundation to help purchase sewing machine foot controls and new hand mixers for the school's FCS program."A coworkers told me about this grant program," ...
Dysart Police Officer Jeremy Stenda, along with Deputies Travis Foster and Brian Randall from the Tama County Sheriff's Office, spent their Wednesday afternoon taking several Dysart-Geneseo Elementary students out shopping for the second annual Shop with a Cop.Organized by Stenda last year, ...
Joe Hadachek grew up on a farm just south of Dysart, the first member of his family to develop a love for the sport of football. At the time, Dysart-Geneseo was its own high school with its own program, the Trojan football program. The school had never been truly successful at football, as ...
Members of the Dysart City Council on Wednesday voted to increase sewer service fees effective with utility bills due on February 15.According to the amendment made to the city ordinance regarding sewer service fees (Chapter 28, section 28-305), a minimum fee of $5.89 per month will remain the ...
With Orlin Riggins retired from Dysart Public Works and Shawn Fisher promoted to Superintendent in his place, public works has welcomed Jamie Kane to their staff this past month.Kane grew up in Troy Mills and studied to be an auctioneer, a field he did for seven years full-time. He and his ...
The Union Dance Team took their hip-hop and novelty routines to the State Dance Competition at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines last week and walked away with second place with the novelty piece."The team went out on the floor for both routines and truly gave their best performances," coach ...
The Dysart Tree Board has been busy developing the shelter near the C.R. Roberts Trail in town and next will have fitness stations installed this spring."We brainstormed what we could do to make Dysart a better place to live, work and play with more facilities heath-wise," Cathy Wieck, a member ...