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Redhawks’ season ends at Districts

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The North Tama wrestling program saw its first independent season in 26 years come to a conclusion at Districts in Denver on Saturday, Feb. 9 as Tyler and Chase Morrison did not qualify to move on to the State Wrestling Tournament this weekend.The two seniors had qualified for Districts at ...

Seven Union wrestlers heading to State

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The Union wrestling program will send seven wrestlers to the State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo in Des Moines this week as the Knights took advantage of wrestle backs to keep several seasons alive.Union will be represented by Lincoln Mehlert at 106 lbs, Kolten Crawford at 113 lbs, Hunter ...

The Petshed returns to Dysart

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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 ...

Union schools records eight consecutive snow days

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Students, faculty and administrators at Union received a surprise second winter break as record-low temperatures and snow kept them out of school for nearly two weeks between January 22 to January 31."There were absolutely no indication this would turn into so many snow days," Travis Fleshner, ...

Morrisons wrestle their way to Districts

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 ...