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Back Roads Vintage Market returns for sixth year

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 ...

Early struggles hinder Lady Redhawks

A young season and young team found struggles and a few positives over their first week as they went 0-4 over that time.The Lady Redhawks kicked off the 2018 season with a spirited game in McCallsburg against Colo-Nesco, Though the Lady Royals struck first in the opening inning, North Tama ...

Dysart-La Porte FFA abuzz with beekeeping

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 ...

Union dominates South Tama

The Union soccer team were able to flex their depth as they traveled to South Tama on Tuesday, May 22, trampling the Trojans 6-0."Overall, we play our game and moved the ball around effectively," Zempel said. "We missed a few oppurtunities in the first half, but we created a lot of chances and ...

Union students pitch in with Dysart Gorge

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. ...

Union track breaks drought at State

One Union's strongest track season in recent memory came to a close on the Blue Oval at Drake this past weekend at the Co-Ed State Track Meet in Des Moines as eight Union qualifying events competed with the best in Class 2A."When we found out we were sending eight qualifiers we were very ...

Union girls place eighth at Districts, qualify two for State

For most of the Union girls track team, their season came to an end on Thursday, May 10 as they finished eighth in the State Qualifying Meet at Dike."Our expectations for districts were to qualify as many events as possible," coach Justin Parson said. "We knew we were on the outside looking in ...

Little Knights Learning Center opening in August

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 ...

North Tama Golf putt in strong performances at conference

The North Tama boys and girls golf teams each walked away from their respective conference meets with strong placings individually and as a group as the season begins to wind down to State.The boys conference matchups were held on Wednesday, May 2, where North Tama scored 367 to take third in ...

Union Golf competes in conference meets

The Union golf teams competed in the NICL Conference Meets on Monday, May 7 as the boys competed at home in LaPorte City and the girls in Waterloo on a sunny day.The Union boys finished sixth overall with a team score of 354. Kyle Cowell placed third overall with a score of 79 to medal, ...