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Meet your new Union teachers

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Logan LoftusHometown: MarengoNumbers of years teaching: First year teachingCollege and degree: William Penn University, Secondary Education with emphasis in technology, K-12 Health CertificationClasses you'll be teaching: Industrial Tech at Union High SchoolMarried/Kids: SingleHobbies: Hunting, ...

Union volleyball look to bounce back competitively in 2018

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Head Coach: Brian Jesse2017 Record: 19-18 (L in Districts to West Delaware)After a tremendous 40-5 season in 2016, the 2017 Union Knights Volleyball team found themselves down six seniors and looking to young members of their roster to fill voids left behind. Another year later, 2018, and the ...

Little Knights Learning Center opens its doors

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After more than a year of careful planning and fundraising, the Little Knights Learning Center opened as a daycare provider for infants through grade school children this past week under the careful eye of Mackenzie Derby, the Director of the daycare."I've known that Dysart has needed this for ...

Knights football prepare for stiff competition

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Head Coach Joe Hadachek2017 Record 8-4 (L to Williamsburg at State)Very few people outside of the Union coaching staff had high expectations for the Union football program in 2017, let alone returning to the UNI Dome after 2016's State Finalist team made some noise in 2A. The Knights will ...

Low numbers not keeping Redhawk Cross Country down

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Head Coach Katey HolbachDespite only three varsity runners out for the North Tama boys and girls cross country teams each, the Redhawks will aim to medal their runners individually and build the program back up through the upcoming years.On the lady's side, returning letterwinners Molly Kvidera ...

Union cross country focused on improvement in 2018

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Head Coach Justin Parson. Managers Natalie Tecklenburg, Kaylin BrustkernAfter a rebuilding season last year and getting their numbers back up, Union cross country looks to push forward and compete in 2018 with both the boys and girls teams."We made progress last season," 12th year head coach ...

Taylor hits the Red Carpet for Christopher Robin premiere

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Beloved children's storybook character Winnie Pooh hit the big screen in the new Disney movie "Christopher Robin" this last week, and Dysart's own Chrissy Taylor was among the first to see it at the Red Carpet World Premiere in Burbank, CA on Monday, July 30."I've had the opportunity to work ...

Watermelon Fest returns for second year

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Fuzz and Jackie Obrosk will bring back Watermelon Fest for the second consecutive year for food, music and family activities on Saturday, August 11 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m., drawing from a childhood memory in Dysart."Where the fire station is now, there used to be a feed store and for some reason ...

A Millenial Meet-Up

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orThe younger generation of Dysart homeowners and residents were invited a pop-up cabana behind the Brick-a-Brack building on Thursday, August 2 to discuss what they felt Dysart needed going forward to continue to attract people to town.Vision Dysart and community members set up the cabana with ...

Hoppe competes at State Championship

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The 2018 season came to a close for the Dysart Swim Team recently, but Carlie Hoppe had the oppurtunity to compete once more in the State Championship on Thursday, July 26 at the University of Iowa.Hoppe, who was selected Swimmer of the Year in her age group and the Coaches Award by her team, ...