Iowa is one of the most obese states in the nation. We’re a leader in high cancer rates. Our waterways are polluted. We also drink too much, even as the state controls the sale of $400 million worth ...

Union Community School District students achieved the highest science assessment results in district history on the spring 2026 Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP). Combined science ...

The Union Knights softball team battled back from an early deficit and erupted for five runs in the sixth inning to secure their first victory of the season on Tuesday, June 23 at home, defeating the ...

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the ...

For the first time in school history, all 20 Union High School extracurricular teams earned academic recognition for their ...

Fresh-eyed and bushy-tailed from the weekend, the supervisors arrived Monday morning, June 23, ready to approve resolutions and take roll call votes. Before we get into all the nitty-gritty of the ...

The North Tama Redhawks baseball team earned a tough conference win over the Colo-NESCO Royals on Friday, June 26, at J.L. Lister Field in Traer before the victory was negated by forfeit due to a ...

Dysart’s Roy R. Behrens to present slide talk at Vinton Depot Newsletter Today's breaking news and more in your inbox ...

IOWA FALLS – One hundred seventy students were named to the Spring 2026 (January to May) Dean’s List at Ellsworth Community College including Tyler Gates of La Porte City who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA.

VINTON – Dysart-based writer, designer, and artist Roy R. Behrens will present a fast-paced, richly illustrated slide talk exploring the life and work of American artist Everett Longley Warner at the ...

Brad and Kerry Blackburn’s Wilson Street yard on Dysart’s northwest side pictured on Saturday, June 20, 2026. The Blackburns’ yard was selected as the Dysart Garden Club’s first ‘Blue Ribbon Flowers ...

The 2026 Tama County Fair Queen candidates pictured from left: Kenzie Bartel of rural Marshalltown; Violet Jackson of rural Garwin; and Belle Werner of Toledo. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS GLADBROOK – The 2026 ...