DYSART – The City of Dysart is one step closer to building a new public works facility. In mid-April of this year, Dysart City Hall received word their Black Hawk County Gaming Association grant application for $25,000 toward a new public works maintenance shop had been approved. One ...
LA PORTE CITY – Following the narrow failure of Union Community School District’s $20.5 million bond referendum on Tuesday, Nov. 5, Superintendent John Howard sent a letter to district families. The letter is printed in full below. Dear Families, I want to thank our community members for ...
DYSART — It’s an election unlike any other. Again. On Tuesday, former president Donald Trump sought to become the second person to serve nonconsecutive terms as U.S. president and Vice President Kamala Harris sought to become the first woman elected president. Down the columns and ...
DYSART – LifeServe Blood Center is participating in The We Give Blood campaign, the first of its kind nationally. To address the greatest need for blood in a generation, Abbott, a global leader in blood testing, and the Big Ten Conference are teaming up to host the first college ...
DYSART – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) held a roundtable in Dysart on Tuesday, Oct. 22, welcoming Iowa Sec. of Agriculture Mike Naig, area farmers, and several elected officials to Tama-Benton Cooperative to discuss what she feels is America’s greatest national asset – ...
DYSART – The Dysart Pickleball Organization is going strong with 30 members from different surrounding areas. We want to inform and update the public on our progress regarding the design and construction of two new pickleball courts in Dysart City Park. We plan to start construction in ...
DYSART – On Thursday, Oct. 24, middle school and high school members of the Union Dance Team along with several other bewitched enthusiasts orchestrated a flash mob “witches dance” in front of Norma Anders Public Library in downtown Dysart as part of ‘Dancin’ with the ...
DYSART – Ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, Tama-Grundy Publishing sent questionnaires to all the local candidates in contested statehouse races. This week we feature responses from those running for Iowa House District 76 which includes the communities of Traer, Dysart, and Buckingham ...
Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing reporter Ruby McAllister sent questionnaires to all the local candidates in contested statehouse elections. This week we feature responses from those running for Iowa Senate District 38: Democratic incumbent Eric Giddens of ...
Eric Giddens, 50, is the Democratic incumbent for Senate District 38. He lives with his son Henry – a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Northern Iowa – and girlfriend Alison in Cedar Falls. Sen. Giddens earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Master of ...