DYSART – For the fourth straight year, Dysart’s annual ‘Iowa’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade’ proceeded down exactly one block of Main Street beginning (and ending shortly thereafter) at noon last Sunday. Like last year, the wee event was moved up a day from St. Patrick’s ...
Editor's note: This story will publish in the Friday, March 28, print edition of the North Tama Telegraph. DYSART – Despite the event being billed by local organizers as a town hall to address economic issues, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) spent the bulk of his roughly hourlong stop in ...
MARSHALLTOWN — When Sadie Weekley first came to the Marshalltown Police Department (MPD) all the way back in 2007 after working as a Tama County jailer and as a patrol officer for the city of Toledo, the Dysart native was intrigued by the possibility of moving into a leadership role, but ...
DYSART – The Dysart Pickleball Organization (DPO) is teaming up with Vision Dysart for the first ever Main Street Dysart ‘Flannel Fest’ in a grand push toward meeting DPO’s fundraising goal for new courts. Flannel Fest is set for Thursday, March 20, from 5-8 p.m. The event is being ...
WATERLOO – La Porte-Dysart FFA members competed at the Northeast District FFA Convention at the Waterloo Career Center on March 8. Chapter members who advanced from the Sub District Convention contest once again had the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in Ag Broadcasting, Prepared ...
DES MOINES – Most predicted the Knights would prevail in last Saturday’s Class 2A Substate 6 final played at Drake University’s Knapp Center, they just didn’t think it would be Union’s Knights. “Heading into the game I would say we were extremely confident. We talked in the ...
Editor’s note: The following notice was released last week by the Poweshiek Water Association. Since August 1, 2024, when we [Poweshiek Water Association] lifted the mandatory conservation order, we have kept you updated via our website, Facebook page, letters, and Quench magazine. As you ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union Community School District middle school and high school students achieved impressive academic success during the first semester of the 2024-25 school year. Union Middle School (UMS) students averaged a 3.23 GPA, while Union High School (UHS) students averaged a 3.14 ...
WATERLOO – Iowa FFA’s Northeast District held its Southwest Sub-District contest on February 19, 2025, at Hawkeye Community College. The La Porte-Dysart FFA Chapter was part of a strong roster of area FFA chapters with members participating in Leadership Development Events. Both Union High ...
DYSART – Wheelchairs 4 Kids, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children with mobility challenges, is thrilled to announce that Brady McGivern, a nine-year-old boy who is living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, has received a foldable power chair, thanks to the ...