According to statistics released by Norma Anders Public Library, the library has seen a significant increase in use and attendance of programs over the 2019 fiscal year and reported their findings to the Dysart City Council.The library reported that 12,356 people walked into the library in ...
An idea proposed nearly a year and a half ago became a reality as the latest illusion in Dysart, a Magic Cylinder, was officially dedicated in Dysart Park on Sunday, Sept. 8 with 30 people in attendance for the occasion to recognize the efforts of artist Mary Snyder Behrens.The Magic Cylinder ...
A Main Street fixture closed its doors at the beginning of the month as Wanda Petersen said goodbye to 11 and a half years of running Sassy's Boutique.The decision to close the business was a personal one of Petersen and her husband as they wished to spend more time with grandchildren. Her ...
Agriculture students and FFA members at Union are seeing a familiar face back in the classroom this school year as Adam Sacquitne, who did his student teaching in LPC, has returned as the Agricultural Educator and FFA sponsor with the retirement of Louis Beck."It's great to be back at Union and ...
The Dysart Fire Department and Ambulance Department held a joint training for helicopter rescue on Thursday, Aug. 29, including a lecture and landing training in town."They did this training over in Garrison and few of us participated, but we were talking about if we ever need to land a ...
Master Clipper on Main Street is no more, but sisters Brianna Petersen and Attalina DiGiacomo have joined forces to open Shear Sister's Salon in its place this week."My father-in-law called me one day and told me Deb Foss is selling her salon," Petersen said. "I called her and it was a ...
Benjamin AnderaHometown: Cresco, IANumbers of years teaching: Nine years teachingCollege and degree: University of Northern Iowa, BachelorsClasses you'll be teaching: Intermediate Math I and II, Pre-AlgebraMarried/Kids/Pets: NoneHobbies: Golf, Iowa footballWhat got you into the profession: ...
Dysart Police Officer Ray Brady was recently moved to full-time with the local department, quickly taking to the streets in his new roleBrady has been a certified police officer in the state since 2000, working in various places such as Eldora, as a police advisor in Iraq before starting ...
Brynn Albertsen, a sixth grader at Union Middle School, was selected a winner recently for KCRG's Summer Writing Contest, which focuses on writing about a personal hero."We got a text from one of my teachers about this contest and I thought it would be good to do an essay on Anne Frank because ...
As the Dysart Tree Board found itself running out of room to plant memorial trees in 2004, a solution came along to dedicate the Heritage Arboretum just off of Clark Street in town,"The park was getting quite full at the time, we didn't have many spaces left on the trail and we were getting so ...