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NCCC Corps Class 21 Team Leader Spotlight: Whitney English

  By: Marilyn Ponce    Name: Whitney English  Hometown: Kempton, IL    Whitney fro...

$100+2: Bethlehem Lutheran Church Celebrates by giving in May 2015

George Bauer presents the Bethlehem $102 donation to Tina Eden and Zach Parmater. On May 31, 2015, Bethlehem Lutheran Church presented a gift of $102.00 to the North Benton Ambulance Service.   North Benton Ambulance Service was established in 1970 and became incor...

Benton County\'s connection to Frank Lloyd Wright\'s father, music & architecture

I have always had an interest in Frank Lloyd Wright as an architect. His story is of a genius on this earth long before his time. He helped changed architecture in the United States. Wright’s...

Morningside College awards degrees to spring graduates

Morningside College presented degrees to more than 320 undergraduate and graduate students during its 117th spring commencement held on May 9. Morningside College is a private, coeducational,...

4,345 receive degrees at ISU commencement

At Iowa State University's spring commencement ceremonies, 4,345 students received degrees. Iowa State awarded 3,646 undergraduate degrees, 448 master's degrees, 147 veterinary medicine de...

Local students named to Central College dean's list

The following students were named to the spring 2015 Central College dean's list: Amy Andrews of Shellsburg Caitlyn Conway of Blairstown Hannah Miller of Keystone Jamie Retz of...

NCCC Corps Class 21 Spotlight: Regan Naughton

By: Marilyn Ponce    Name: Regan Naughton  Hometown: Bow, New Hampshire    Regan Naughton&nb...

Morningside College awards degrees to spring graduates

Morningside College presented degrees to more than 320 undergraduate and graduate students during its 117th spring commencement held on May 9. Morningside College is a private, coeducational,...

Cedar 5 builds trails with Lac Lawrann Conservancy

Lac Lawrann director Craig Hoeppner on a promontory overlooking Lac Lawrann.Entrance to a new trail by Dakota Bloom Cedar 5 has spent their second round serving with the Lac Lawrann Conservancy in West Bend, Wisconsin cutting trails, removing invasive plants, and performing prescribed burns....

NCCC Corps Class 21 Spotlight: Bill Landis

Bill Landis from Schenectady, New York is serving on team Maple 4 in AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Class 21. He arrived in Vinton in February of 2015 to start his 10-month service term with the program. M...