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Letters to the Editor

Union students pitch in with Dysart Gorge

Approximately 30 students from Union High School took a field trip down to Dysart to help along the progress of the Great Dysart Gorge anamorphic art piece down Main Street on Monday, May 21.Delays in the artwork have been caused by rain on Saturday and drizzle as the students arrived in town. ...

Little Knights Learning Center opening in August

After more than a year of concentrated effort by Wanda Petersen and members of the Dysart community, Little Knights Learning Center for infants to 12 year olds will open at Dysart Elementary on August 1."There's always been a lack of infant daycare in Dysart," Petersen, a member of the Dysart ...

Harrison hits 40th year with Dysart Drive In

For 40 years, Rhonda Harrison has been the friendly face at Dysart Drive In on Highway 21, serving up ice cream, burgers, tenderloins as she has since working the business with her parents Tony and Dorothy Pospisil in the beginning.Dysart Drive In was first opened in 1960 by Vivian Wiebbecke, ...

Weekly set to retire June 1 as Ambulance Director

In his 20 years as Ambulance Director in Dysart, Steve Weekly has been in nearly every house in the community for various reasons. Maybe a senior citizen has fallen and needs help getting up. Perhaps someone doesn't know how their medical supplies works and requires instruction. Whatever has ...

City Council approves $3,000 for baseball diamond renovation

The baseball diamond at Dysart Park is getting a $8,000 renovation later this spring led by local efforts to restore the field to a playable state."Last summer over little league the field got to the point it was evident we wouldn't be able to fix it up unless we did something soon," Chris ...

Uknighted in F.U.N.

The idea that robots could bring together high school students from different social groups together as a team seems rather far-fetched, yet that's exactly what the Fiercely Uknighted Nation (FUN) from Union High school do each time they meet."Basically, we tell kids we're building robots, but ...

Great Dysart Gorge coming to Main Street

Main Street is set to transformed into a deep gorge in a matter of days later this spring, an illusion of a gorge that is.The Great Dysart Gorge, an anamorphic illusion, is a street art that will give the impression of a gorge down Main Street between Clark Street and Wilson Street. The art ...

Hello there

My name is CJ Eilers and I have the pleasure of being the new Editor for both the Dysart Reporter and Traer Star-Clipper. I am eager to begin and excited to promote both communities through the papers full-time. My hope right away is to be approachable and learn about what makes Dysart and ...

Daddy-Daughter Dance brings families together

It was a boot-stomping good time at Dysart-Genesco Elementary school on Saturday, April 7 at the school's second annual Daddy-Daughter Dance hosted by the DG Elementary PTO.The cowboy clad couples were greeted at the door by Kelli Knoop, who organized the event with help of the PTO and ...

Wolf Creek Rugby gears up for fourth season

Football numbers may be down in the high school ranks across the USA but the number of young athletes paying rugby is up. The game is now played by 35,000 high school athletes in the U.S., 10 times more than a decade ago. Union's club will enter year four with some major questions. WolfCreek ...