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 ...
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 ...
Karson Hennings of Dysart and Dysart-La Porte FFA Instructor Louis Beck recently returned from an educational trip to Kosovo from September 22-28, learning more about the small European country and its agriculture firsthand.The trip was part of Hawkeye Community College's international program ...
Four members of the Union Dance team will join 275 of their fellow dancers to perform at a pre-game or halftime show during the girls basketball finals in March.The Union students selected are freshman Sarah Michael for the halftime show, junior Rebekah Leipold for the pregame show, junior ...
Members of the Wolf Creek Players theatre group transformed the auditorium of Union Middle School into the Wild West as they presented "How the West was Fun" this past weekend.The play follows a cowboy named Curly and a supporting cast of dancehall ladies, a deceitful medicine man and other ...
Cathy and David Irvine of rural Dysart had long held a fascination with the prairie lands that once covered Iowa 150 years ago. Today, 99.9 of that natural prairie is long gone, replaced with cities and row crops to feed a hungry nation. The story of these lands continued though for the Irvines ...
Hannah Pagel, an Ag Education student from Iowa State University, is applying her education and experience this semester at Union High School as a student teacher working with Louis Beck in his agriculture classes.Originally from rural Sumner, Pagel grew up on her father's row crop and cow/calf ...
The Little Knights Learning Center (LKLC) employees a staff of full-time and part-time caregivers to watch over infants to grade school children from early morning to the late afternoon. Among the dedicated staff are four high school seniors that come before and mainly after school to spend ...
Karson Hennings of Dysart and his FFA Instructor, Louis Beck, will join other Iowa FFA members in a trip to Kosovo in southeast Europe September 22-30 to bring agriculture education to an area previously affected by war and looking to bring similar programs to their country."Hawkeye Community ...
Antique and vintage lovers will notice a new shop on Main Street open for business called Rust and Roses, providing another personal touch to Dysart from upcycled items, clothes and home decor.Rust and Roses is owned and operated by Heather Mennenga, a longtime Dysart resident who's operated ...