Four students from Union Middle School completed at state Science Bowl on February 20 at Iowa State University in Ames.Students who attended were: Noah Damro, Jonathan Bronner, Rachel Hellman, and Teagan Prouse.The ISU Middle School Science Bowl is one of 50 regional competitions held across ...
A Union Middle School team attended the finals of the "Battle of the Books" (BOB) at Simpson College on March 29. BOB is a reading competition designed to encourage students to read. Teams of five or six students read novels from a pre-selected list of 30 books. Students on a BOB team have ...
Union PEAK high school students recently volunteered for Habitat for Humanity. They spent March 16 mudding the drywall in the entire house located in Waterloo. Pictured above are (L to R): Andy Conger (Habitat Construction Manager), Zach Patterson, Thad Logan, Rachel Hall, Kari Stock, Cara ...
Eliza Agnes Shakarian Kvidera was born on April 2, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio to parents Peter Kvidera and Melanie Shakarian. Aida's big sisters are Rose (age 5) and Aida (age 2). Eliza Agnes weighed six pounds, ten ounces and was 18.5 inches long.Eliza Agnes is named for her great-grandmothers: ...
A burglary of a Dysart convenience store which reportedly netted Iowa Lottery tickets among items taken has resulted in charges against a Waterloo man.Jonathan Henry Martin, 33, was charged on April 14 by Dysart Police Officer Joe Hols with fraud for cashing tickets stolen in a Nov. 26, 2015, ...
To help spread the message of Soil and Water Stewardship Week, April 24 through May 1, the Tama Soil & Water Conservation District recently held a grocery sack decorating contest in local schools. The activity was open to third, fourth and fifth grade students in the county schools ...
Congratulations to Union High School vocalists and FFA members Hallie Spore, Nicole Lowe, Wesley Hanson, and Brady Rempe for being selected to perform at the Iowa State FFA Convention in Ames, Iowa. The mixed quartet was selected to perform twice from an audition tape they sent in. They ...
Cheryl Korte was recently named the 2016 Dysart Women's Club "Woman of the Year."She is an active member of the 20th Century Woman's Club, holding many offices and participating in lots of activities. Cheryl is very active in her church, is a member of Altar Guild, church fellowship hostess, ...
A mixed ensemble from Union High School has been selected to perform the National Anthem for The 2016 Iowa Governor's Scholar Recognition Ceremony on Sunday May 1 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines. Over 70 recordings were submitted to be selected for this honor and this is the second ...
The Union High School music department under the direction of Tim J. Mitchell and Michael Bistline will present their final concert of the year for the Concert Choir and Concert Band on Tuesday, May 3 at 7:30pm in the Union High School Auditorium in La Porte City, Iowa. Featured will be the ...