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Letters to the Editor

2014-15 preschool enrollment

Raggedy Ann & Andy Preschool in Dysart is now taking enrollment for the 2014-15 school year. Classes are available for three and four-year-olds. A $25.00 deposit is required. To register your child, please call 476-KIDS.Scholarships through Better Tomorrows are available for low income ...

Easter fun at library April 19

Hop Into the Norma Anders Public Library for Egg-citing Easter Fun this Saturday April 19th immediately following the Club Dysart Easter Egg Hunt.Children ages 3 through 9 join in the Easter fun at the library including story time, activities and an egg hunt with candy and prizes. Parents and ...

Work continues on Green Castle Lake

FERGUSON - Work continues on the drained lake at Green Castle Recreation Area south of Ferguson, with hopes to have it back up to speed this fall.Mike Stegmann, director of the Marshall County Conservation Board, said they still have silt removal to do, improvements on the shore line and fish ...

UMS Music spring concerts

Union Middle School Music Program will present 2 concerts this spring. The band concert will be Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m. in the middle school auditorium. The sixth grade, seventh grade and eighth grade concert bands will perform various pieces of many different styles. Each band will ...

Dance showcase May 3

Jeune Attente Dance Company, a non-profit group headed by a parent board and sponsored by the Fine Arts Women's Club, is presenting a "Showcase of the Upper Levels" on May 3 at 4 p.m. at the Union Middle School. 100% of the proceeds from this S.O.U.L. performance is going toward the community ...

D-G FFA members honored at luncheon

Several members of the Dysart Tree Board attended the Iowa Urban Tree Council Awards Luncheon, April 3, 2014 in Johnston, Iowa.It was an interesting luncheon meeting: Governor Terry Branstad signed the governors annual arbor day proclamation, a panel discussed and answered questions about the ...

Fourth Annual Spring Chocolate Walk

The Dysart Development Corporation hosted the 4th Annual Spring Chocolate Walk. The weather played its part in making this a great spring event. The sun was popping out through the clouds and the temperatures reached in the middle of the 70s for the first time this year.All of your favorite ...

Garage Sales, Spring Clean-Up & more

Dates to RememberYard Waste:April 9 and 23May 14 and 28June 11 and 25RecyclingApril 2 and 16May 7 and 21June 4 and 18City Council meetings7 p.m., City HallApril 9May 14June 11There will be garbage pickup on Good Friday, April 18.Dysart City WideGarage SalesSaturday, May 3rd8 a.m. - 1 ...

Tama County Relay for Life

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in Tama County (and around the world) a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. We ask everyone to remember that a ...

Union Mathcounts wins trip to Disney World

Mathcounts was started in 1982 by the National Society of Professional, Engineers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and CAN Foundation as a competitive environment to increase middle school interest in mathematics. The first national-level competition in the modern format was held ...