Dysart Police Officer Jeremy Stenda, along with Deputies Travis Foster and Brian Randall from the Tama County Sheriff's Office, spent their Wednesday afternoon taking several Dysart-Geneseo Elementary students out shopping for the second annual Shop with a Cop.Organized by Stenda last year, ...
Joe Hadachek grew up on a farm just south of Dysart, the first member of his family to develop a love for the sport of football. At the time, Dysart-Geneseo was its own high school with its own program, the Trojan football program. The school had never been truly successful at football, as ...
Members of the Dysart City Council on Wednesday voted to increase sewer service fees effective with utility bills due on February 15.According to the amendment made to the city ordinance regarding sewer service fees (Chapter 28, section 28-305), a minimum fee of $5.89 per month will remain the ...
With Orlin Riggins retired from Dysart Public Works and Shawn Fisher promoted to Superintendent in his place, public works has welcomed Jamie Kane to their staff this past month.Kane grew up in Troy Mills and studied to be an auctioneer, a field he did for seven years full-time. He and his ...
The Union Dance Team took their hip-hop and novelty routines to the State Dance Competition at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines last week and walked away with second place with the novelty piece."The team went out on the floor for both routines and truly gave their best performances," coach ...
The Dysart Tree Board has been busy developing the shelter near the C.R. Roberts Trail in town and next will have fitness stations installed this spring."We brainstormed what we could do to make Dysart a better place to live, work and play with more facilities heath-wise," Cathy Wieck, a member ...
North Tama wrestling is back and appeared ready to compete as they started off their season with duals against Aplington-Parkersburg and Union on Thursday, Nov. 29 and then battled in a tournament in Jesup on Saturday.The Redhawks' first standalone season in 25 years did not get off to an easy ...
Dysart resident and former Union athlete Maria Wrage has seen eight years of competitive volleyball come to an end as she took to the court one last time on November 3 as a middle hitter for the Winona State Warriors. 2018 was not an easy season for the senior, as she went down in practice with ...
The Union wrestling program got a taste of success individually and in duals during coach Bart Mehlert's first season as the head coach last year. Now the Knights feel ready to ascend further as a team and see more individuals compete in Des Moines in late February."We're working hard in ...
Dysart Public Works Superintendent will retire from his position officially on Friday, Nov. 30 after 15 years with the City of Dysart and was recognized during his final City Council meeting in his capacity last week."It was something different every day and I enjoyed that," Riggins said. "You ...