The North Tama boys basketball team is back in the win column after breaking a three-game losing skid with a decent showing against Iowa Star rivals Colo Nesco 50-35 on Friday, Jan. 11."Colo-Nesco was really good tonight," coach Alex Tagtow said. "When we got them the first time, it was the ...
The North Tama girls basketball team faced a tall challenge in hosting number 11 Colo-Nesco on Friday, Jan. 11, falling to the Lady Royals 49-25 despite an effort the coaching staff took note of."Obviously Colo-Nesco is a great ball club with some great shooters and a good post player," coach ...
Six seniors for Union wrestling hit the mat in La Porte City one final time on Senior Night on Thursday, Jan. 10 as they took down Hudson 56-19."I knew Hudson has some good kids, some out for this dual," coach Bart Mehlert said. "Their freshman stepped up, some with good records. Senior Night ...
The 2019 Iowa Legislative session will convene on Monday, Jan. 14 as school districts and cities across the state will keep their eyes focused on the Capitol, including Dysart and Union school district."You're watching almost daily on what's being discussed at the Capitol," Union Superintendent ...
Dawn Stoakes, the Family and Consumer Science instructor at Union Middle School, has received a $239.65 grant from the Dysart Community Foundation to help purchase sewing machine foot controls and new hand mixers for the school's FCS program."A coworkers told me about this grant program," ...
Union basketball resumed their 2018-19 season with losses to Aplington-Parkersburg on Friday and Crestwood on Saturday as they started off the new year against quality opponents."I was telling the players and coaches it's hard to simulate the pressure a team like A-P with talented athletes," ...
After starting the season 8-2, 2019 has not been as kind to the North Tama boys basketball team as they dropped two games on the road to Belle Plaine 81-63 on Monday and Meskwaki 63-49 on Tuesday.The Redhawks competed in their first game since before Christmas break against Belle Plaine, ...
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 ...