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AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Erin Thickpenny

By: Sarah Williams   Erin Thickpenny , from Grayslake, Illinois is serving on team Cedar 4 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. She arrived in Vinton on February 11 to start her 10-month serv...

One Flock: NCCC Oak 8 Manages Land & Provides Environmental Education

During a day of invasive species removal, Team Leader Elizabeth Siliato refueled the chainsaw. By: Colleen Glatzel and Olivia Brown On March 24, AmeriCorps NCCC team Oak 8 loaded their green van and advanced toward their first project destination: Wapello, IA.  The team is assistin...

Iowa State Fair Entries Available Online Beginning May 1

Premium books and entry forms for competitive events at the 2014 Iowa State Fair will be available at iowastatefair.org beginning Thursday, May 1. The "Amazingly Amusing" Iowa State Fair...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Maureen Murphy

By: Sarah Williams Maureen Murphy, from Lake Placid, New York 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. Oak...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Marlene Flaherty

By: Sarah Williams Marlene Flaherty, from Baileyville, Maine is serving on team Cedar 5 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. She arrived in Vinton on February 11 to start her 10-month service term. Ce...

Retired 4 Star General Tommy Franks visits with local resident

Retired 4 star General Tommy Franks was on Hand to re-dedicated the Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids recently.       Greeting General Franks is Roger Uthoff, of Vinton, an...

Jordon Kearns of Van Horne, IA, Recognized at Upper Iowa University 2014 Honors

Upper Iowa University recently held its 29th annual Scholarships and Awards Recognition Banquet and awarded 122 scholarships to students across the University. Of those, 98 scholarships were besto...

Cynthia Albertsen Inducted into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is pleased to announce that Cynthia Albertsen of Dysart, Iowa, was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective collegi...

NCCC Oak 3 Serves at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum

Mark Smith and Sean Ducker cleaning seeds to be planted at the UW Arboretum By Alexis Pittman and Maureen Murphy So far, Oak 3 has been serving alongside the staff at the UW-Madison Arboretum in Madison, Wisconsin. Since the team arrival, the staff have been very welc...

AmeriCorps NCCC Member Spotlight: Mark Smith

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Mark Smith By: Sarah Williams   Mark Smith, from Derry, New Hampshire is serving on team Oak 3 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. He arri...