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Letters to the Editor

Fire destroys Garrison barn

The Dysart Fire Department, Dysart Ambulance Service and the Keystone Fire Department were called shortly before 4 a.m. on Friday, June 27, to assist Garrison Fire and Garrison First Responders with a reported barn fire. The large fire, on the Mike Knupp farm, destroyed a hoop barn full of hay. ...

4th of July Cookie Contest

A Cookie Contest will be held on the 4th of July in the Dysart City Park at the Closed Shelterhouse. The categories are: Youth (under 16 years of age), and Adult (over 16 years of age.) The arrival time for entries is between 2:30-3:15 p.m. with the judging beginning at 3:30 p.m. Each person ...

2014 Corn Carnival Grand Marshalls

The Gladbrook Corn Carnival Corporation has named Bill and Doris Tessau as Grand Marshalls of the 2014 parade. The parade took place on Friday, June 27 at 6:30 PM.Bill and Doris were selected because of their continued involvement in the community and its people. Bill was one of the first ...

Salt Creek Preparedness open for business

Ryan and Meghan Currens are the owners of Salt Creek Preparedness LLC. Salt Creek Preparedness specializes in emergency preparedness consulting, emergency preparedness equipment sales, emergency preparedness training and grant writing.Ryan has been a Traer Firefighter for 8 years, a Clutier ...

Second Annual Back Roads Vintage Market

The Back Roads Vintage Market was another huge success this year. This event was brought to us last year for the first time, and is put on by the Dysart Development Corporation. Last year the event had a great turn out, and people definitely wanted to come back for more. The DDC knew they had ...

Geneseo Class of 1964 50th reunion

The Geneseo class of 1964 celebrated its 50th year reunion on June 14 and 15, 2014. On Saturday evening, June 14, the class hosted the 76th annual Geneseo Alumni Banquet at the Union Middle School. The class continued their festivities Sunday, June 15, with a luncheon at the Dysart Country ...

Sunday at the Museum June 29

The Dysart Historical Society will have a special program at the Historical Center on Sunday, June 29th at 2:00 P.M. A number of residents have commented that they missed the excellent program, "Reminiscing with Arlene," which was presented last year by former resident, Arlene Siemens Oster. ...

Wild weather

Intense storms moved through the area last week. Here, ominous looking clouds approach the town.

5th Annual UMS Lip-Off for Cancer

Our 5th Annual Union Middle School "Lip-Off for Cancer" lip sync contest was a huge success!!This year we had approximately 24 groups (both students and staff) sign up to participate in the "Lip-Off for Cancer". The first week, each group lip syncs 30 seconds of a song on stage for the entire ...

Silver Cord Award at UHS

The Silver Cord Award is a distinguished volunteer service award available to Union High School students who earn a minimum 50 hours of community service/volunteering during their years of high school, for a total of at least 200 hours by the end of their senior year. Students can start the ...