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NCCC Oak 4 serves Appleton Youth in Summer Service Program‏

Appleton teens serve the Riverview Gardens by pulling out invasive plan species in the hoop house. NCCC Oak 4 serves Appleton Youth in Summer Service Program By: Nick Harper   NCCC team, Oak 4, is serving with the Appleton Police Department and the Truancy Reduction and Assessm...

Selken family holds 74th reunion

The 74th Selkern Reunion took place at the homeo of Gerald and Margie Selken on Aug. 3. Those present included: Lenard and Charlene Velsey, Susie Even and family of Jesup, David and Julie Dunc...

AmeriCorps NCCC Offers Fun in the Sun at Camp Albrecht Acres

Jean Laney & Jessica, a counselor of Albrecht Acres, are doing check-ins for camp. By: Jean Laney & Joye Bowen, Cedar 2 AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 2 is assisting with Camp Albrecht Acres in Sherrill, Iowa until August 15 as counselors by keeping individuals with special m...

Maple 2 Serves the Community with Two Admirable Sponsors

Maple 2 poses in front of the Bemidji Community Food Shelf. By Gabriel Kazarian AmeriCorps NCCC team Maple 2 is serving with two sponsors: the Bemidji Community Food Shelf (BCFS), and the Developmental Achievement Center (DAC) through August 3. The tea...

Local students receive spring 2015 University of Iowa degrees

About 5,100 students received degrees from the University of Iowa at the close of the spring 2015 semester. Students from your area receiving degrees included: Zachary Bulman of Blairstown...

NCCC-FEMA Team Leaders Complete 3-day Project in Kansas City

Team leaders posing at the Region VII FEMA office. by Ariel Faber and Anthony Cepin FEMA Corps Class 22 from Vinton, Iowa has successfully completed their team leader training project! For the first time a FEMA Corps class of team leaders was ...

Keystone Class of 1959 holds reunion

The Keystone High School class of 1959 recently met for its annual class reunion. Following the 50 year reunion, the class decided to meet yearly.  Three events culminated this year’s e...

Keystone alumni planning all-school reunion for 2016

Keystone Centennial Memorial at Keystone Park contains brick from the original school. The Keystone All School Reunion committee met to formulate plans for a Keystone All School Reunion Picnic, which will be held next year, 2016 on Saturday, August 6th.  Committee mem...

NCCC Team helps One Heartland sheds light upon the camp

 Ian, as a camp counselor, supervises a camper during an archery activity By: Will Lampley AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 1 is assisting with One Heartland until September 16 by assisting as camp counselors and with maintenance projects around the worksite. They are rev...

NCCC Cedar 4 aids community of Brainerd after wind storm damage

By Calen Campbell The Cedar 4 team of AmeriCorps NCCC’s Class XXI headed into their fifth week of service, only this time to respond to a disaster affecting the community of Brainerd, Min...