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National Garden Week: Local clubs lead annual celebration
The week of June 7-13, 2015 has been proclaimed National Garden week by National Garden Clubs, Inc. This is a special week in which garden clubs are in the ... Loras College Announces Spring 2015 Dean\'s List
Loras College Provost Cheryl Jacobsen, Ph.D. has announced the names of students who achieved Dean's List status for the 2015 spring semester. A student must earn a 3.5 grade point average and ...
NCCC Corps Class 21 Team Leader Spotlight: Jake Taylor
Jacob "Jake" Taylor from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania is serving on team Oak 7 in AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Class 21. He arrived in Vinton in January of 2015 to start his 11-month service term ... NCCC Cedar 1 assists Power of One Ministry to diminish blight in Flint, MI
By: Will Lampley
AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 1 is assisting the Power of One Ministry in Flint, Michigan until June 11 to help diminish blight within the city. With the team’s help and th... AmeriCorps NCCC Oak 6 team assists DeLano Farms during crucial growing season
By Mitchel Duran
Oak 6 began service on May 1 at the start of The Delano Farms growing season in Michigan. The farm has been in working order since 2011, when it was acquired by the Kalamazoo ... Vuntin Garden Club News: Poster contest winners named
The Vinton Garden Club member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., District II and Central Region met Wednesday at 11:00 am May 27, 2015 at the 218 Roadside Park that the Garden Club maintains. N...
NCCC Corps Class 21 Team Leader Spotlight: Eric Baker
Eric Baker from Overland Park, Kansas is serving on team Cedar 7 in AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Class 21. He arrived in Vinton in January of 2015 to start his 11-month service term with the program. Ced... VS FFA members attend Chapter Officer Leadership Training event
On Wednesday, June 3, the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Officer Team joined many other officer teams in the Northeast District at Hawkeye Community College to attend COLT, or Chapter Officer Leadership Tr...
Alexander McGee graduates from Cornell College
Alexander McGee of Vinton (52349) was one of 271 students to graduate from Cornell College on May 10.
McGee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Politics .
One of the 40 "Colleges Tha...
AmeriCorps NCCC serves with Connect Columbus
By Ashley Prunier
AmeriCorps NCCC team Maple 5 arrived in Columbus, Nebraska on April 30 to serve Connect Columbus, Habitat for Humanity, Educational Service Unit 7 (ESU7), Camp Luther, and Th...