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Letters to the Editor

Sassy’s Boutique after 11 years under Petersen

A Main Street fixture closed its doors at the beginning of the month as Wanda Petersen said goodbye to 11 and a half years of running Sassy's Boutique.The decision to close the business was a personal one of Petersen and her husband as they wished to spend more time with grandchildren. Her ...

Sacquitne returns to lead Union Ag program

Agriculture students and FFA members at Union are seeing a familiar face back in the classroom this school year as Adam Sacquitne, who did his student teaching in LPC, has returned as the Agricultural Educator and FFA sponsor with the retirement of Louis Beck."It's great to be back at Union and ...

Shear Sister’s Salon opens on Main Street

Master Clipper on Main Street is no more, but sisters Brianna Petersen and Attalina DiGiacomo have joined forces to open Shear Sister's Salon in its place this week."My father-in-law called me one day and told me Deb Foss is selling her salon," Petersen said. "I called her and it was a ...

Dysart Fire, Ambulance team up for AirCare training

The Dysart Fire Department and Ambulance Department held a joint training for helicopter rescue on Thursday, Aug. 29, including a lecture and landing training in town."They did this training over in Garrison and few of us participated, but we were talking about if we ever need to land a ...

Meet your new Union High School and Middle School Teachers

Benjamin AnderaHometown: Cresco, IANumbers of years teaching: Nine years teachingCollege and degree: University of Northern Iowa, BachelorsClasses you'll be teaching: Intermediate Math I and II, Pre-AlgebraMarried/Kids/Pets: NoneHobbies: Golf, Iowa footballWhat got you into the profession: ...

Albertsen wins KCRG’s Summer Writing Contest

Brynn Albertsen, a sixth grader at Union Middle School, was selected a winner recently for KCRG's Summer Writing Contest, which focuses on writing about a personal hero."We got a text from one of my teachers about this contest and I thought it would be good to do an essay on Anne Frank because ...

Brady patrolling full-time for Dysart Police Dept

Dysart Police Officer Ray Brady was recently moved to full-time with the local department, quickly taking to the streets in his new roleBrady has been a certified police officer in the state since 2000, working in various places such as Eldora, as a police advisor in Iraq before starting ...

Reese continues fundraiser at Farmers Market

Last summer, Dysart resident Ainsley Reese raised over $300 selling lemonade at the Dysart Farmers Market to donate to three area organizations. Reese is back this summer selling homemade bracelets, chokers, rings and combinations as the market has moved back to Dysart Park this year. With the ...

Dysart Heritage Arboretum

As the Dysart Tree Board found itself running out of room to plant memorial trees in 2004, a solution came along to dedicate the Heritage Arboretum just off of Clark Street in town,"The park was getting quite full at the time, we didn't have many spaces left on the trail and we were getting so ...

Susan Loeb Memorial Tournament keeps longtime nurse’s legacy alive

Cancer may have claimed the life of former Dysart resident Susan Loeb in 2014, but from her legacy as an administrator, teacher and mother came the sixth annual Susan Loeb Memorial Tournament to raise money for scholarships in her name.Susan Loeb ran the Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart for ...