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Opinion

Little Knights Learning Center opens its doors

Letters to the Editor

After more than a year of careful planning and fundraising, the Little Knights Learning Center opened as a daycare provider for infants through grade school children this past week under the careful eye of Mackenzie Derby, the Director of the daycare."I've known that Dysart has needed this for ...

Taylor hits the Red Carpet for Christopher Robin premiere

Letters to the Editor

Beloved children's storybook character Winnie Pooh hit the big screen in the new Disney movie "Christopher Robin" this last week, and Dysart's own Chrissy Taylor was among the first to see it at the Red Carpet World Premiere in Burbank, CA on Monday, July 30."I've had the opportunity to work ...

Watermelon Fest returns for second year

Letters to the Editor

Fuzz and Jackie Obrosk will bring back Watermelon Fest for the second consecutive year for food, music and family activities on Saturday, August 11 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing from a childhood memory in Dysart."Where the fire station is now, there used to be a feed store and for some reason ...

A Millenial Meet-Up

Letters to the Editor

orThe younger generation of Dysart homeowners and residents were invited a pop-up cabana behind the Brick-a-Brack building on Thursday, August 2 to discuss what they felt Dysart needed going forward to continue to attract people to town.Vision Dysart and community members set up the cabana with ...

Hoppe competes at State Championship

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The 2018 season came to a close for the Dysart Swim Team recently, but Carlie Hoppe had the oppurtunity to compete once more in the State Championship on Thursday, July 26 at the University of Iowa.Hoppe, who was selected Swimmer of the Year in her age group and the Coaches Award by her team, ...

Lincoln Street work set to begin late summer

Letters to the Editor

Work to replace the concrete on a deteriorating portion of Lincoln Street will begin as early as August 27, with Hatch Grading and Contracting winning the bid for the project.The Lincoln Street project will stretch from Clark to Wilson Street, removing approximately 1,500 sq yards of pavement, ...

Dysart women take on self-defense class

Letters to the Editor

Inside the Union Middle School wrestling room, 18 women pair up and prepare to square off. This wasn't a sparring practice, but rather something more practical. Suddenly, one partner for each pair brings their elbow straight out in a defensive stance. They carefully charge at their partner, ...

Dysart Ambulance work to solve volunteer shortage

Letters to the Editor

As seen throughout the state of Iowa, especially in rural towns, ambulance services are struggling to maintain volunteers to drive and provide care for their communities. While no exact statistics are available to back this up, residents of Dysart need only look at their own ambulance service, ...

Langbehn recounts 70 years in Dysart

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For nearly 70 years, Harold Langbehn has lived and worked in Dysart, and on Sunday, July 8 he recounted the old days of the city during a presentation at the Dysart Historical Society."I just want people to see how this old town changed over the past 70 years and a lot before then too," ...

New Dysart Park infield being put to good use

Letters to the Editor

Summertime in Dysart Park means a lot of different things. Some children running around the playground, a jogger on their daily routine through the park, a couple of teenagers shooting hoops. But for Chris Behrens and many before him, baseball has always had place over the season, which is why ...