GRUNDY CENTER - Grundy Center special education teacher Ellen Stoner can remember teaching during a tornado warning with parents scrambling to try to pick up their kids.Those days are over at the secondary school at Grundy Center, which serves grades 5-12.The school opened its new tornado safe ...

The summer reading program, "Fizz, Boom, Read!" at Norma Anders Public Library had the preschool through second grade participants investigating science this summer. The program which began July 7 had the kids investigating the science of color, bubbles, weather and baking throughout the four ...

The Forty and Eight veteran's organization Local 568 awarded nurse training scholarships to eleven deserving young ladies who are nearing the completion of their studies. Pictured left to right: front row, Kelsey Kupka, Toledo; Brenda Burrows, Tama; Samantha Mowery, Garwin; Angelina Prusha, ...

Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) has awarded $50,000 to 11 Heritage Area sites, communities and organizations. Among them, the Dysart Historical Society received a $1,850 grant.The money will help the historical society create a timeline on the agricultural museum ...

For the past six years the Iowa Theatre Artists Company (ITAC) of Amana has been traveling to Dysart to perform at the Union Middle School as a fundraising event for the Dysart and Garrison Lions Clubs. Performances of the new comedy, "The Old Guy" written by Thomas P. Johnson, on September 6 ...

Are you interested in learning about your ancestors? The Dysart Historical Society will sponsor a genealogy workshop on Wednesday, September 10th, beginning at 1:30, at the Agriculture Museum. The class will be taught by Martha Long of Vinton, and will be limited to ten participants. For ...

You may have seen some excitement and fun happening on Main Street in Dysart on Saturday, and it was for a wonderful cause! The event titled "Beats, burgers, brats, brews and bicycles" was set up as a fund-raiser type event to help raise money and bring awareness to The Old Creamery Nature ...

The ceremony to dedicate the Bill Brandt Memorial Windmill was held Sunday afternoon, August 24th, at the Dysart Historical Center. Over thirty family members and friends gathered in the shade of tents, provided by the DDC, to enjoy the ceremony.The group was welcomed by Historical Society ...

Pat Karr, Janet Wilson and Alisa Baker were also present during the fundraiser on Saturday selling the Dysart City Mugs to raise money for improvements to the Community Building. This is the final event of the year the mugs will be sold at, although they will still be available for purchase at ...

Eighty-two counties and two state level Iowa 4-H volunteers were inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame during the 2014 ceremony at the 4-H Exhibits Building at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday, Aug. 17. Inductees or their surviving family members were presented a certificate by the Iowa 4-H ...