More than 500 students qualified for the Fall Term Dean’s List at Wartburg College. The 518 students represent 19 U.

 The following students have been named to the Dean's list for the fall semester at Buena Vista University. Kelsey Kankelfitz from Atkins.

The Vinton Garden club held their monthly meeting January 29, 2014 at the Vinton Pizza Palace for lunch with Connie McClintock as hostess. Our speakers, Randy Scheel and Ben Bonar spoke after lunch.

Some 300 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the President's List for the 2013 spring semester. Students from your area named to the President's List include: Kelsie Kithcart of Atkins, IA Tanysha Truax of Newhall, IA Conrad Thompson of Norway, IA The President's List was established in the fall of 1983 to recognize academic excellence.

Some 4,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the Dean's List for the 2013 fall semester. The list below includes students from our area: Danielle Busta of Atkins, IA Kelsie Kithcart of Atkins, IA Alex Brown of Atkins, IA Caleb Kimm of Keystone, IA Mallory Brandt of Luzerne, IA Tanysha Truax of Newhall, IA Joel Shrader of Newhall, IA Conrad Thompson of Norway, IA Emelia Thompson of Norway, IA Alexander Jessen of Shellsburg, IA Elizabeth Moen of Shellsburg, IA Greg Annis of Vinton, IA Megan Hambly of Vinton, IA Tess Noeller of Vinton, IA Amber Mahoney of Walker, IA Cody Johnson of Walker, IA Undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the Tippie College of Business who achieve a grade point average of 3.

The student below graduated from Mount Mercy University in December 2013. A commencement ceremony will be held Sunday, May 18, 2014, at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

By: Katie Fry Hickory 5 was sent Herndon Virginia on January 3, which is a wonderful place to stay and serve. There are so many places to go in Herndon because everything is so close.

Center Point Friends of the Library members, at their regular meeting Feb. 6, 2014, reviewed plans for the genealogy/family history workshop they’re sponsoring this month.

North Iowa Area Community College is pleased to announce that 698 individuals have been named to the 2013 Fall Term Dean’s List and President’s List.

Ash Wednesday Masses March 5th Join us on Ash Wednesday for Mass at Sacred Heart,  Walker at 7:00am St. Mary, Vinton  at 5:30pm; and St.