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Concordia recognizes 2 Atkins students for 2015 fall term honors
Concordia University, Nebraska named 260 students to its honors list for the fall 2015 semester.
The list of students includes:
Morgan Eggert, a sophomore from Atkins, Iowa
Matthew Ger...
Area students graduate from ISU
At Iowa State University's winter commencement ceremonies, 2,001 students received degrees. Iowa State awarded 1,638 undergraduate degrees, 252 master's degrees, and 111 doctor of philosoph...
We just had to ask... New Shellsburg preschool teacher Danielle Martens
Because of the fast growth of the V-S Preschool at Shellsburg, there was a need to hire another teacher.
“Our preschool numbers have been going through the roof this year, so we needed t... Local students named to Central College dean\'s list
The following students were named to the fall 2015 Central College dean's list:
Jamie Retz of Newhall
Warren Rouse of Vinton
Drew Kithcart of Atkins
Kaitlyn Wells of Atkins
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Alice Hootman to Celebrate 100th birthday
On January 26, 2016, Alice Hootman, formerly of Vinton, will celebrate her 100th birthday!
Alice was a former employee at the County Home and the Iowa Braille & Sightsaving School, u... North Eden Willing Workers learn about Haiti, share holiday spirit
By Sarah Kreutner, Club Reporter
The North Eden Willing Workers learned all about Haiti at their meeting December 6th. Leo Wobeter presented on the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, sh... 127 named to ECC’s 2015 Fall Term Dean’s List
One hundred twenty-seven students have been named to the Fall 2015 (August to December) Dean’s List at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls. Impressively, these ECC scholars come from 1...
Mount Mercy University recognizes December 2015 graduates
The student(s) listed below graduated from Mount Mercy University in December 2015. A commencement ceremony will be held Sunday, May 22, 2016, at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Shellsburg 3rd graders are finalist for national \'Be a Famous Writer\' contest
A panel of celebrity judges that included Peter H. Reynolds, children’s book author, illustrator, bookshop owner and founder of FableVision; John Schumacher, Scholastic’s Ambassador for... \'Twas the Night Before Christmas at the Vinton Airport
‘Twas the Night before Christmas
In the City of Lights
The trees at the Sanders
Were sparkling bright
Cars were lined up out west
To see Larry Kersten’s c...