Dysart News

The Dysart City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at 7 p.m. at City Hall.

Julie Stanton of Marshalltown and Alan and Mona Stanton of Haverhill would like to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Megan Marie Stanton, to Jess Eugene Sorensen, son of Kurt and Janiece Sorensen formerly of Knoxville, Iowa and currently residing in Austin, Minnesota.

The first Dysart Yard of the Month for 2012 has been awarded to Dee and Roger Roseke, at 302 Wilson Street, by the Dysart Development Corporation.

There's another new face at the Dysart Reporter. Alissa Klenk has been hired as a reporter at the newspaper.

Donating blood is safe, simple and it saves lives. Blood donors have a unique opportunity to contribute to their community by making a life-saving donation.

Left, kids in Dysart celebrate Arbor Day as the Dysart Tree Board and Poster Award Winners plant a tree.

Cancer. It's a word that, in and of itself, has the ability to strike fear and sorrow into the hearts of millions of Americans.

The first bus tour of the year came to Dysart on Friday, April 27, with a group of about 30 women and 20 men from the Chicago area.

Audrey M. Lenaburg, 89, of Tucson, Arizona, formerly of Dysart and Traer, Iowa, died April 7, 2012 at Tucson Medical Center Hospital of pneumonia.

The 2012 Relay for Life of Tama County, scheduled for June 15-16, offers several ways to give toward the fight against cancer.