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North Tama girls ready to hit stride in 2019

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The North Tama girls track team may be slightly smaller this season, but athletic enough to take the next step after finishing 12th in conference last season."We had a lot of success last season with some winning relays, which boosts the confidence of some of our girls out this season and made ...

Union girls look to bounce back with younger roster

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Head Coach: Justin ParsonThe 2018 track season did not end the way coach Justin Parson and the team wanted it to at the State Qualifying Meet at Dike-New Hartford. The Knights qualified Hailee Brown and Audrey Powers for State in long jump and high jump respectively, but several events on the ...

Union golf teams tee up for improved 2019 seasons

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Girls head coach: Mel Barz, Boys head coach: Ryan SlaterThe 2018 season was quite unique for the state of Iowa with weather postponing golf meets week after week, and Union golf was not spared the cold, wet conditions that forced course like in La Porte City to reschedule. Amid a chaotic ...

Union soccer sets sight on return to State Tournament

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Head Coach: Hunter Zempel2018 Record: 13-6 (L to Waverly-Shell Rock in Regional Finals)After falling short of a State berth in their regional final last season, Union soccer returns a majority of a healthier roster in 2019 with their aim at making the State tournament for the second time in ...

City adopts tax abatement program

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The Dysart City Council on Wednesday, March 13 voted to proceed with a proposed Urban Revitalization period in town, granting access for tax abatement to residentsThe council held a scheduled public hearing for the adoption of tax abatement, allowing for comments from the community before ...

Union High paints colorful performance of “Joseph”

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat came to life on the Union stage this past weekend as the cast and crew battled the bleak weather to deliver a bright performance.The musical, written by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, follows the story of Joseph (Carter Spore) as a ...

Dysart Police to host Citizens Police Academy

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he Dysart Police Department has announced the creation of a Citizen's Police Academy, a six-week course for residents to learn more about law enforcement and the department to engage with the public.Headed up by Dysart Police Officer Jeremy Stenda, the Citizens Police Academy will cover topics ...

Toddler Time growing in Dysart

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Young families in Dysart have developed a noticeable cabin fever in recent months with winter weather playing it's worst, so Chris and Jenny Dumas have created a Toddler Time group at the Dysart Community Building."When we were living in Waterloo, the Cedar Falls Rec Center had a thing with ...

Lip-off rolls into Round 3

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The 10th annual Lip-off contest cruised into Round 3 at Union Middle School on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Each group lip synced one minute of a song or skit on stage for the entire student body. On Wednesday, the students and staff will "money vote" for the groups they wish to see again the next week. ...