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Opinion

Riggins to retire from Public Works

Letters to the Editor

Dysart Public Works Superintendent will retire from his position officially on Friday, Nov. 30 after 15 years with the City of Dysart and was recognized during his final City Council meeting in his capacity last week."It was something different every day and I enjoyed that," Riggins said. "You ...

Tis the season for the Holiday Baazar

Letters to the Editor

More than 50 vendors from Boone, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and across Iowa set up shop in the Dysart Community Center for the 47th Annual Holiday Baazar, bringing festive and fun trinkets to the town.The event has been sponsored by the Dysart Development Corporation for the past seven years, but ...

Union Dance receive high ratings in solo competition

Letters to the Editor

Sarah Michael, Molly Niebergall and Rebekah Leipold represented Union in the 2019 Solo Competition at Newton High School on November 2 and 3, each receiving a Division 1 rating for excellence.Soloists are judged on several categories and sub-categories. First, the dancers are judged on ...

Crosspointe Church finds a new home in Dysart

Letters to the Editor

Pastor John Lynn and the congregation at Crosspointe Church in Dysart have a new building to call home after extensive renovations to the former St. Joesph's Catholic Church and little touch of their own.Lynn, the Pastor of Crosspointe Church for the past seven years, and the 65 members of the ...

Union Drama brings classics alive alive in Matt Auditorium

Letters to the Editor

The Union Drama Department will bring the imagination and color of Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz to the stage for their fall performance on Saturday, Nov. 3 and Sunday, Nov. 4 at the high school."The reason we're doing two play is basically to give enough students the opportunity to ...

Union standouts shine with rising RedTail volleyball

Letters to the Editor

As an attack comes flying over the net, libero Haylee Keune sets her feet and smoothly receives the volley. Keune expertly guides the ball back towards the net, where Maggie Driscol waits for just the right moment for the set she desires. Also in wait is Megan Hudson, as her eyes follow the ...

Little Knights Learning Center hosts open house

Letters to the Editor

The Little Knights Learning Center (LKLC) has been open for more than two months now but held a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for the daycare on Monday, Oct. 15.Members of the Dysart community and the daycare board overseeing held the ribbon cutting outside the doors of the daycare ...

National Honor Society kicks off Student Food Drive

Letters to the Editor

The Union High School National Honor Society (NHS) is taking part in the Northeast Iowa Food Bank Student Food Drive, competing against other area schools and collecting meals for those in need.The student food drive will last six weeks for Union as they compete directly with Hudson High ...

Wieben honored as Wallaces Farmer Master Farm Homemaker

Letters to the Editor

For most of her entire life, Helen Wieben has contributed her time to a multitude of different causes, her community and her hobbies, being recently recognized as a Wallaces Farmer Master Farm Homemaker in the Wallaces Farmer Magazine for the month of September."I got the letter after working ...