Club Dysart's Annual 4th of July is next week and organizers like Kayle Neegaard are working to ensure this long-time celebration continues for Dysart and surrounding communities to enjoy."Growing up in Dysart, I was always excited for the egg toss because it's not something you see everyone ...
School may be out, but the learning still continues through the summer reading program at Norma Ander Library. Recently, the library has welcomed some fun, intriguing programs into the Dysart community and this past week was no exception.On Friday, June 22, the Iowa State University Insect Zoo ...
Julie Scadden has officially begun her duties as Dysart Ambulance Director after being hired last month to take over for the retiring Steve Weekley.Scadden comes to Dysart after spending the last three and a half years as the Ambulance Director for Lisbon-Mt. Vernon and has worked in EMS for 28 ...
Megan Carty of Dysart is the State Champion in pistol shooting for the fifth year in a row in her division and will look to Nationals next month with a goal of a title.At State, Megan had to shoot through four stages of five steel targets ranging from small circles to big squares at a varied ...
After five years in town, Reverend Linda Butler retired from preaching at Dysart United Methodist Church this past weekend with one last sermon and plenty of goodbyes.Butler was the churches' first female pastor assigned to them through the United Methodist system. According to Butler, a pastor ...
Approximately 50 vendors lined the streets of downtown Dysart for the 6th Annual Back Roads Vintage Market, where area vendors showed off their unique crafts to locals and art enthusiasts."This is a repurposed/antique vendor market they can sell their wares with our local businesses," Rhonda ...
Students at both Union Middle and High School have a sweet opportunity to learn more about honeybees through a $5,000 grant provided by Pioneer Hybrid which the Dysart-La Porte FFA has used to learn about the misunderstood creatures and build hives outside of the schools."We got the grant last ...
Approximately 30 students from Union High School took a field trip down to Dysart to help along the progress of the Great Dysart Gorge anamorphic art piece down Main Street on Monday, May 21.Delays in the artwork have been caused by rain on Saturday and drizzle as the students arrived in town. ...
After more than a year of concentrated effort by Wanda Petersen and members of the Dysart community, Little Knights Learning Center for infants to 12 year olds will open at Dysart Elementary on August 1."There's always been a lack of infant daycare in Dysart," Petersen, a member of the Dysart ...
For 40 years, Rhonda Harrison has been the friendly face at Dysart Drive In on Highway 21, serving up ice cream, burgers, tenderloins as she has since working the business with her parents Tony and Dorothy Pospisil in the beginning.Dysart Drive In was first opened in 1960 by Vivian Wiebbecke, ...