Over the last 13 years, the Union High School Vocal Department has become a regular performer of our Nation's Anthem at all of the state athletic finals including State Football, State Boys Basketball, State Girls Basketball, State Dual Wrestling, State Individual Wrestling, State Volleyball ...

The Dysart senior citizens will meet on Tuesday, November 11 for a pot luck dinner at noon in the Community Building. Bring your own table service and a dish to share. The Baptists will do the coffee and cleanup.This will be the last dinner until September 2015 as the Community Building will be ...

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield presented a $7,500 award for the Old Creamery Nature Trail rest area to the Benton County Conservation Board. The award will help construct a rest area along the Old Creamery Nature Trail in Garrison, Iowa, the midpoint of the 15 mile trail that runs from ...

Time to go back to those shagadelic times of the late 60's and early 70s' as the Union High School Drama Department presents Ashton Towers: International Man of Intrigue on November 8th and 9th. The play, a farce of the popular Austin Powers movie trilogy, follows the adventures of super spy, ...

Incumbent Republican Dean Fisher of Garwin has defeated Democratic challenger Ben Westphal of Marshalltown in the race for the District 72 Iowa House seat. Fisher holds a 4,160-2,300 advantage with a small number of absentee ballots remaining to be counted.The District 1 County Supervisor seat ...

Congratulations go out to the Union High School Vocal Music department on their outstanding showing at All-State auditions on Saturday October 25th in Hampton. 4 vocalists were chosen for the All-State Music Festival. This is the highest honor a high school musician in the State of Iowa can ...

The Norma Anders Public Library held their annual Halloween Spooktacular carnival Saturday, October 25. A total of ninety-six children, parents and grandparents attended the Halloween themed carnival this year. Costumed children were able to enjoy face painting, gourd bowling, a treat walk, a ...

This month, groups and schools across the country have committed to stop bullying through efforts aimed at bringing awareness to this important issue facing our youth. This month serves as a reminder that bullying prevention must be addressed, and one way to accomplish this is through educating ...

The Dysart Ambulance Service recently took delivery of a new ambulance. This new, bigger ambulance, replaces the ten year-old van type unit. Ambulance Service Director Steve Weekley, says this vehicle purchase was made possible with money donated from the community, the general fund, and a ...

For the last nine years, something very special has been happening the first week in October at the high school. Fields of Faith is an event that happens all over the entire country every year. It was started in 2002 by Jeff Martin in Oklahoma, and by 2004 it had spread to three different ...