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The Petshed returns to Dysart

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 ...

Morrisons wrestle their way to Districts

The North Tama wrestling program will send Chase and Tyler Morrison to Districts at Denver on Saturday, Feb. 9 as the program fell short of sending additional wrestlers in their first year as an independent program."We came in expecting to compete for District spots with some highly ranked guys ...

Union sends nine to Districts, claims Sectional team title

The Union wrestling program came out of Sectionals at Aplington-Parkersburg on Saturday, Feb. 2 with nine District qualifiers and the team crowned Sectional Champions ahead of hosting Regional Duals.To qualify for Districts at Independence, wrestlers neeeded to finish in the top two of their ...

Public hearing set for tax abatement

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 ...

Seven Union groups advance to Large Group State

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 ...

Starters step up in win over Vikettes 50-39

The Union girls basketball team tallied their third win of the season on Saturday, Jan. 26 as they overcame a sloppy third quarter against visiting Vinton Shellsburg to take a double-digit win."Vinton-Shellsburg has been struggling like we are, but they play in the WaMC, which is a tough league ...

Lady Redhawks fall short against G-R 60-56

The North Tama girls basketball team made a quick trip over to rival Gladbrook-Reinbeck on Saturday, Jan. 26, putting up a close fight throughout but finished just short 60-56."We knew going into the game they had a really good point guard in Taylor Gienger, who not only does a great job of ...

Brown elected Dysart Fire Chief

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 ...

Redhawk wrestling blasted by Denver, Hudson

The North Tama wrestling program traveled to Hudson on Thursday, Jan. 17 to take on the host Pirates and the top-ranked Denver Cyclones as both teams handled the Redhawks on the mat."I was just hoping to compete tonight," coach Andrew Knaack said. "Denver is the number one team in the state and ...

EMT class certifies six students for EMS services

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 ...