Iowa's premier spring hunting season is quickly approaching and hunters will be pursuing the elusive Eastern wild turkey. Elusive maybe an understatement; of the estimated 50,000 turkey licenses that will be purchased, only about 20 percent of hunters will find success. Iowa's spring season ...
The Senior Citizens will have a dinner on Tuesday, April 12 at noon with the Baptists serving the meal. Everyone is welcome, please bring a friend!$3 will be charged at the door. Please bring your own table service. Call in your reservation by Friday, April 8 to: Wilma Loutsch - 476-2935; ...
Everything is coming together for the annual "Fun Night for the Nature Center" fundraiser to be held on Saturday evening, April 2, at the Nature Center at Otter Creek Lake Park. Doors will open for the event at 5:30 p.m. for persons to view the auction items.An "all you can eat" meal will be ...
In recognition of commitment to geographic education, Craig Hemsath, a science teacher at Union High School in La Porte City was selected as one of the 2016 Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellows. Every year, K- 12 educators are encouraged to apply for this ...
Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) announced today that eligible customer-owners in Tama County will receive checks this month totaling $ 1 million their share of the financial cooperative's $160 million cash-back dividend for 2015.FCSAmerica has distributed a portion of its net ...
Several Union Middle School Band members participated in the NEIBA Solo Ensemble Contest on March 10th, 2016. The contest was a great success. Red ribbons and "Excellent" ratings were awarded to 6th graders Mae Deaton on alto saxophone solo, Jocelyn Gates on clarinet solo, and Gabe Hanson on ...
The exciting and inspiring agricultural exhibit, "It Takes an Iowan," is coming to the Dysart Community Building April 13 to 18th. The exhibit was commissioned by the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area of which Dysart is a part. The exhibit was featured at the the 2015 Iowa ...
Wolf Creek Players Community Theater will be hosting another Union High Speech Showcase on Friday, April 8 at the St. Joseph's building in Dysart at 7:00 p.m.The public is invited to attend the performances that were taken to speech contests throughout the winter. Again the speech department, ...
Ascalon Masonic Lodge will hold its annual "Pancakes for Scholarships" Day on Sunday, March 20th, at the Dysart Community Building.Serving will be from 8:00 A.M. until 12:30 P.M.The menu will include: regular and blueberry pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, and beverages.There will be a free ...
An area corn grower has been honored as one of 18 national winners in the 2015 National Corn Yield Contest sponsored annually by the National Corn Growers Association.Mike Kaufman of Dysart, IA, placed third in the nation in the AA Non-Irrigated Class with a yield of 328.6876 bushels per acre. ...