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AmeriCorps NCCC Oak 7 Gets Their Hands Dirty at DeLano Farms
By: Scott Bremer
From May 8 to June 11, AmeriCorps NCCC’s Oak 7 is engaged in humankind’s oldest profession—farming. With their hands and a few simple tools, the team hopes t... Chicago’s First NCCC Team Serves with Coppin Community Center
By Christopher Hyde
For the past two weeks, AmeriCorps NCCC team Maple 2 has served with the Coppin Community Center in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood. The team is assisting with... AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Alexis Pittman
By: Sarah Williams
Alexis Pittman, from Enfield, North Carolina is serving on team Oak 3 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. She arrived in Vinton on February 11 to start her 10-month service term. O... NCCC Maple 3 at the edge of the Country with US Fish and Wildlife in ND
By Brecon Richmond and Andrew Johnson
Maple 3 is serving with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife at J Clark Salyer Wildlife Refuge in Northern North Dakota between May 9 and June 10. The team is prim... Tiffany Wiebold receives degree from Morningside College
Tiffany Wiebold of Shellsburg, Iowa, was one of 199 students who received bachelor's degrees from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, during the college's 116th spring commencement he...
Meet the Artist: Frank W Ditri
One of the artists preparing for the June 21 Arts Festival in Vinton is Frank W Ditri.
Frank is a ceramic artist living in Cedar Rapids. He received his BFA in ceramic arts from the Univer... Area Students receive degrees at ISU
At Iowa State University's spring commencement ceremonies, 4,021 students received degrees. Iowa State awarded 3,357 undergraduate degrees, 413 master's degrees, 147 veterinary medicine deg...
Laura Simpson named to Truman State Academic List
Truman State University has released the Spring 2014 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs List. To qualify for this list, an undergraduate student must attain a semester 3.50-3.99 grade...
Noah Dargy Named to Dean's List at Bob Jones University
Noah Dargy, a Senior Engineering major of Shellsburg, was among approximately 1,400 Bob Jones University students named to the Spring 2014 Dean's List.
To qualify for the Dean's List, ...
Meet the Artists: Photographer Ann Jorgensen
Photographer Ann Jorgensen is one of the local artists preparing for the June 21 Art Festival.
Ann has been taking nature and fine art photographs for twenty
years. She enjoys taking pic...