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Union Carolers now taking bookings

The Union High School Vocal Department is currently taking bookings for the Union Carolers for any holiday event in the Northeast/Eastern Iowa area.  The Union Carolers is a 16-voiced acapella e...

Pine 10 Assisting Hurrican Maria Recovery Efforts

Member Caroline is hard at work in the Caribbean Area Division. By: Shelby Wiedenfeld and Chanda Dennis FEMA Corps team Pine 10 is assisting in the recovery of Hurricane Maria. They were sent to work at the Joint Recovery Office that was recently switched to ...

AMERICORPS NCCC TEAM RENOVATES TRAILS AT ELKHART ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER

By: Margaret Godwin AmeriCorps NCCC team Oak 10 is serving in Elkhart, Indiana with the Elkhart Environmental Center (EEC) whose mission is to preserve, protect, and restore the environment to pr...

AmeriCorps NCCC team helps Marshalltown organizations with tornado recovery

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - An AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) team is supporting Central Iowa RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) and the Marshalltown Long Term Family Recovery C...

Morningside College awards degrees to summer graduates

Morningside College conferred 29 bachelor's degrees and 121 master's degrees in August. Among them were Meredith Zuspann, Master of Arts in Teaching,  of Vinton. Morningside College is a private...

Iowa State University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Awards $3.5 million in Scholarships

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University has awarded nearly $3.5 million in scholarships to students for the 2018-19 academic year. Since 2005, scholarship totals for i...

VSHS students receive academic awards

[caption id="attachment_24168" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sonnie Evans receives her Academic Award from Mr. Islas Thursday.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_24169" align="alignright" width="30...

School Spirit: Homecoming celebrations include all VS buildings

[caption id="attachment_24004" align="alignleft" width="300"] Shellsburg teacher Nathanael Brandt tries his hand at cheerleading during the pep rally there on Friday.[/caption] While most of the Ho...

Top 5 named: Homecoming King, Queen to be crowned Thursday

The Vinton Shellsburg Hgh School Homecoming King and Queen will be chosen from among these students pictured here, the Top 5 after the second round of voting at VSHS. King candidates, from lef...

Top 5 named: Homecoming King, Queen to be crowned Thursday

The Vinton Shellsburg Hgh School Homecoming King and Queen will be chosen from among these students pictured here, the Top 5 after the second round of voting at VSHS. King candidates, from lef...