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Knights XC back with big numbers

Head Coach: Justin ParsonThe 2018 cross country season saw Union compete in its first meet late in the season almost halfway through September due to weather and cancellation. When the Knights finally competed, much of their expectations and PRs were met before Lake LeBahn finished 12th at the ...

Redhawk football braces for challenging 2019 season

2018 Record: 8-2 (L to Newman Catholic in Playoffs)Head Coach: Tom McDermott2018 proved to be quite a roller coaster year for the North Tama football program. In the spring, coach Austin Pink left the program for the newly-christened Liberty High School. Longtime assistant and former head coach ...

Brady patrolling full-time for Dysart Police Dept

Dysart Police Officer Ray Brady was recently moved to full-time with the local department, quickly taking to the streets in his new roleBrady has been a certified police officer in the state since 2000, working in various places such as Eldora, as a police advisor in Iraq before starting ...

Low numbers belie high potential for Redhawk XC

The 2018 North Tama cross country team had a mere five runner regularly hit the course last season as the Redhawks searched for confidence and a winning stride. By the end of the season, the Redhawks had built experience going into the 2019 season to compliment several talented newcomers on the ...

Albertsen wins KCRG’s Summer Writing Contest

Brynn Albertsen, a sixth grader at Union Middle School, was selected a winner recently for KCRG's Summer Writing Contest, which focuses on writing about a personal hero."We got a text from one of my teachers about this contest and I thought it would be good to do an essay on Anne Frank because ...

Dysart Heritage Arboretum

As the Dysart Tree Board found itself running out of room to plant memorial trees in 2004, a solution came along to dedicate the Heritage Arboretum just off of Clark Street in town,"The park was getting quite full at the time, we didn't have many spaces left on the trail and we were getting so ...

Reese continues fundraiser at Farmers Market

Last summer, Dysart resident Ainsley Reese raised over $300 selling lemonade at the Dysart Farmers Market to donate to three area organizations. Reese is back this summer selling homemade bracelets, chokers, rings and combinations as the market has moved back to Dysart Park this year. With the ...

Susan Loeb Memorial Tournament keeps longtime nurse’s legacy alive

Cancer may have claimed the life of former Dysart resident Susan Loeb in 2014, but from her legacy as an administrator, teacher and mother came the sixth annual Susan Loeb Memorial Tournament to raise money for scholarships in her name.Susan Loeb ran the Sunnycrest Nursing Center in Dysart for ...

Carty hits mark as National Champion

Dysart's own Megan Carty can call herself at two-time champion as the recent Union graduate has recently named the 2019 Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SASP) Centerfire National Champion."It all feels surreal," Carty said. "I've been a national champion before but it's even harder to ...

Harris, McNeal, Roach rep Union at Shrine Bowl

Three Union Knights took part in the 2019 Shrine Bowl at the UNI Dome on the University of Northern Iowa campus on Saturday, July 20 to help raise money for the Shriner's Hospitals For Children.The event splits the state into two football teams-the North and the South-each with 46 graduating ...