Six members of the Dysart High School Class of 1949 met at Chelle's Bar and Grill in Dysart on Saturday, August 9, 2014, for dinner and reminiscing. Pictured (L to R) are, front row: Marcella (Dvorak) Milne, Thelma (Hark) Brandt, Darlene (Norden) Monroe. Back row: Junior Edmonds, Bob ...

Tama County ranked 11th in Iowa in cases of confirmed child abuse in 2012. In 2013, the ranking dropped to 63rd. These numbers come from a recently released report from the Iowa Department of Human Services for the latest statistics.Even though the number of reported cases dropped by 22 in ...

Hora-Machacek Auxiliary met on Tuesday, August 5th at the post home in Clutier. There were 10 members present. Secretary Nancy call the roll and read last months minutes. Treasurer Linda gave units financial report. Bills presented were for the food for the IVH picnic. Linda Dvorak made a loaf ...

Eight members of the Class of 1947 met at the Pizza Ranch at Vinton on August 4, 2014. After lunch the afternoon was spent visiting and reminiscing. Pictured are, front row (L to R): Arlene (Lassen) Schlotfelt, Niels Schmidt, Emma (Trunck) Wahl, and Marlys (Wacha) Cizek. Back row: Curtis ...

The residents of Traer over the years have experienced many tragedies in many forms, such as illness and accidents. There isn't much that can be done about the accidents, but illness is another story. About a year ago, a former Traer resident, Jack McKinney, who lives in State Center, almost ...

Beats, Burgers, Brats, Brews and Bicycles will be on Main Street and the Old Creamery Nature Trail Saturday, August 23 from noon to 5:00pm. Volunteers, local service organizations, the Dysart Business Builders and the Dysart Development Corporation have been planning this event for months in ...

The Cedar Valley Corvette Club stopped through town last Thursday August, 7th. The club meets weekly in the summertime to enjoy each other's company and their love of Corvettes. Jackie and Ora Hennessey from Dysart have been long time members of the club, and love taking out their gorgeous red ...

The City of Dysart has received a Vision Iowa Community Attraction & Tourism CAT grant for $176,000 for the "Remembering Our Past, Renovating For The Future" projects. The Vision Iowa CAT program assists in funding of vertical infrastructure projects related to recreation, education, ...

2014 Tama County Beef Queen Aubree Beenken, 17, of Buckingham, takes orders at the Cattlemen's Beef Quarters at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 8. (Iowa State Fair/ Steve Pope Photography) For full coverage of the Tama County Fair, check out the special fair issue included with next week's paper!

Scott and Dawn Karr have been awarded Yard of the Month by the Dysart Development Corporation for the month of July. Scott and Dawn have lived in Dysart for over 20 years, and before that they were from the Clutier area. They raised their 3 daughters here in Dysart, and stated they absolutely ...