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 ...
The North Tama boys and girls golf teams each walked away from their respective conference meets with strong placings individually and as a group as the season begins to wind down to State.The boys conference matchups were held on Wednesday, May 2, where North Tama scored 367 to take third in ...
The Union golf teams competed in the NICL Conference Meets on Monday, May 7 as the boys competed at home in LaPorte City and the girls in Waterloo on a sunny day.The Union boys finished sixth overall with a team score of 354. Kyle Cowell placed third overall with a score of 79 to medal, ...
For 40 years, Rhonda Harrison has been the friendly face at Dysart Drive In on Highway 21, serving up ice cream, burgers, tenderloins as she has since working the business with her parents Tony and Dorothy Pospisil in the beginning.Dysart Drive In was first opened in 1960 by Vivian Wiebbecke, ...
The North Tama Girls Track team were able to compete against schools similar in size as they traveled to Montezuma for the Lew Lundy Relays on Tuesday, April 17."My expectations were the girls would come in and do the best they could to run some of their best times," coach Katy Johnson said. ...
In his 20 years as Ambulance Director in Dysart, Steve Weekly has been in nearly every house in the community for various reasons. Maybe a senior citizen has fallen and needs help getting up. Perhaps someone doesn't know how their medical supplies works and requires instruction. Whatever has ...
It may have been a warm Monday in LaPorte City last week, but the fortunes of the Union boys and girls golf teams were mixed against visiting Sumner-Fredricksburg on April 23."The weather was ideal-high 60's with little wind," boys coach Ryan Slater said. "Both teams struggled though with the ...