Students, faculty and administrators at Union received a surprise second winter break as record-low temperatures and snow kept them out of school for nearly two weeks between January 22 to January 31."There were absolutely no indication this would turn into so many snow days," Travis Fleshner, ...
Dysart residents and area dog owners will once again have a grooming salon in their vicinity as Sue Rutledge has reopened The Petshed LLC in Dysart again after moving the business to Oelwein.Rutledge started The Petshed LLC in Dysart in 2015 after twelve years of dog grooming experience prior ...
The Dysart City Council approved to move forward in the process to adopt tax abatement in town during a special meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 23, establishing a public hearing for the March 13 meeting.As reported in the January 18 issue of the Dysart Reporter, the City of Dysart is considering a ...
Large Group Speech from Union High competed in a delayed District contest on Saturday, Jan. 26 at Cascade High School, with seven groups advancing to the State contest this weekend at Waterloo West High School."We had a hectic but overall successful day this past Saturday at our district speech ...
Tim Brown has recently been elected as the new Fire Chief of the Dysart Fire Department with Al Bredehoeft stepping down.Brown has been a member of the Dysart Fire Department since 2005 and got involved to be "a servant of the community" and was asked by the department. Outside of his ...
An Emergency Medical Technician class hosted in Dysart by Ambulance Director Julie Scadden has certified six students as EMTs to address the lack of certified volunteers in Dysart and the area.Of those certified as EMTs, four are are from Dysart, one from Traer and one fromm Garrison. Each ...
Approximately 80 Union High students will take part in Large Group Speech this year as they prepare for Districts at Cascade High School on Saturday, Jan. 19.The program starts preparing in mid-November as they put together groups and find times to practice. Each group meets through December ...
The Dysart City Council is moving forward with the consideration of a tax abatement program for the city with several council members involved in a committee to look into the benefits of the program."The proposed tax abatement program would allow homeowners or business owners to invest in their ...
The 2019 Iowa Legislative session will convene on Monday, Jan. 14 as school districts and cities across the state will keep their eyes focused on the Capitol, including Dysart and Union school district."You're watching almost daily on what's being discussed at the Capitol," Union Superintendent ...
Dawn Stoakes, the Family and Consumer Science instructor at Union Middle School, has received a $239.65 grant from the Dysart Community Foundation to help purchase sewing machine foot controls and new hand mixers for the school's FCS program."A coworkers told me about this grant program," ...