LA PORTE CITY – In less than four weeks, the voters in the Union Community School District will – for the first time in the history of the district (spanning nearly four decades) – vote on a bond. Specifically, on November 5, 2024, the voters will decide whether to authorize $20.5 million ...
DYSART – Dysart’s Youngblut Ag in partnership with Tama County Extension & Outreach recently hosted for the third time the annual ‘Ag Safety Day’ for Dysart-Geneseo Elementary students. According to Youngblut Ag business manager Cassidy Youngblut, on Sept. 26, DG students ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District is expected to fill a vacant District At-Large school board seat by appointment during a special meeting scheduled for tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 9. The seat opened up in early September following former president Corey Lorenzen’s ...
LA PORTE CITY – Union Community School District celebrated Iowa Local Food Day last week on Wednesday, Sept. 25, over the lunch hour. For the celebration’s main course, the district served sloppy joes made with local beef from Ackley, Iowa; Snopac corn; kiwi berries from Deb’s Berry ...
DYSART – A cemetery walk will be held at St. Joseph’s Cemetery on the east side of Dysart on Sunday, October 6, starting at 2 p.m. The walk is sponsored by the Dysart Historical Society and is being conducted by Judy Raub. Participants should park on Estelle Street along the east end of the ...
DYSART – The bees and the butterflies seem to agree, Judy Tanner’s yard is blue ribbon worthy. Earlier this month, the Dysart Garden Club named Judy and her husband Ken’s yard located at 705 Tilford Street as the final ‘Blue Ribbon Flowers of the Month’ for 2024 – a designation ...
LA PORTE CITY – It has been 10 days since Union High School senior Gavin Rohrbach lost his life, and two of his friends – senior Evan Hanus and junior Keegan Brooks – were severely injured in a car accident east of the town of Raymond. And while much remains unanswered about the moments ...
LA PORTE CITY – The Union Community School District will receive a generous donation from the Craft family to rename a new gymnasium in honor of their daughter, Kate, a student-athlete who passed away in 2023 after a courageous multi-year battle with brain cancer. The Union CSD Board of ...
WATERLOO - The following are local Hawkeye Community College summer graduates and their programs of study. Congratulations! *Ryan Reifenstahl of Dysart: Basic Collision Repair, Diploma
DYSART – On Friday morning last week, the Union Community School District officially cut the ribbon on a new, inclusive playground at Dysart-Geneseo Elementary School following a whirlwind year of fundraising spearheaded by members of the Dysart community. Fundraising for the project ...