Megan Carty of Dysart is the State Champion in pistol shooting for the fifth year in a row in her division and will look to Nationals next month with a goal of a title.At State, Megan had to shoot through four stages of five steel targets ranging from small circles to big squares at a varied ...
After five years in town, Reverend Linda Butler retired from preaching at Dysart United Methodist Church this past weekend with one last sermon and plenty of goodbyes.Butler was the churches' first female pastor assigned to them through the United Methodist system. According to Butler, a pastor ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...