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Letters to the Editor

Mossman is “Best of the Class”

Valedictorians or top graduating seniors were once againhonored by KWWL Television and Wartburg College on Saturday, April 26. The studentstook part in KWWL's 30th annual "Best of the Class" celebration.Drake Mossman from Union High School was honored as a member of the 2013Best of the ...

Community Building & Park Pavilion update

We are getting very close to the goal! As of May 21st, the donations we have received total $130,000. Many thanks to those of you that have helped us reach this point.We need everyone's help to raise the additional $46,000 by June 10th, so we can begin construction later this summer. We cannot ...

Human trafficking a growing problem

If you have ever seen the movie "Taken" starring Liam Neeson, you have a small insight to how global human trafficking works. The problem is this isn't just happening in the movies or in far off countries like Nigeria. Human trafficking is a growing $39 billion global business and in the real ...

Dysart seniors to host dinner June 10

On May 13, the Dysart Senior Citizens enjoyed an afternoon with a dinner at the Community Building with the United Methodists serving the meal. A tablel prayer was given by Wilma Loutsch. After lunch we had a drawing for door prizes and they went to Suzanne Kotouc, Darlys Bader, Marjorie Foster ...

Agriculture Museum benefits from TCCF grant

What can be done with a $1,000 grant from the Tama County Community Foundation (TCCF)? It can be used to buy a computer and two external hard drives which store mementos of what life was like 70, 80, even 100 years ago in early Dysart. The Dysart Historical Society has used this interactive ...

Night of the Notables

The 4th and 5th grade SAILS students from the D-G Elementary presented "Night of the Notables" May 12 at the middle school.Each of the students created a display which included photos, timelines, and research information about their notable person. Displays also included the notable's favorite ...

Ternus gets scholarship

Sarah Ternus, daughter of Greg and Lynne Ternus of Dysart, is the recipient of the 2014 Dysart American Legion Scholarship. She plans to attend Mount Mercy University of Cedar Rapids. She will be a Nursing Major when she starts school in the fall. The Dysart Legion would like to wish her the ...

Four generations

Celebrating Easter with her 94 year old great-grandfather Clarence Frideres, of Algona, was his great-granddaughter Kaitlyn Elizabeth Drey. Kaitlyn's mother is Sarah (Hayek) Drey from Clive, Iowa and Betty (Frideres) Hayek from Clutier, Iowa is the proud and happy grandmother!

Relay for Life helps cancer survivors

"Keep a positive attitude and a sense of humor," is the advice of cancer survivor, Janice Ledvina, of rural Elberon. Ledvina has faced a cancer diagnosis twice in her life bladder cancer in 2007 and kidney cancer in 2012. Her family helped her believe in recovery and she enjoys life ...

Marshalltown’s Tallcorn Towers grand again

Tallcorn Towers tenants will be carried back in time when they see hallways and rooms with numerous features of the original Hotel Tallcorn, built in 1928.That year marked the Tallcorn as the newest, and most modern hotel in the Eppley Hotel Co. of Omaha chain of 18.Preserving the Tallcorn's ...