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AmeriCorps NCCC Lends a Helping Hand

 Matthew Kimmett and Vincent Beyer install a guard rail. By: Teonna Clark   AmeriCorps NCCC team Oak 1, from Vinton, Iowa, is collaborating with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers in Coralville, Iowa to help rebuild trails, maintain the dam an...

Upper Iowa University Announces Spring 2013 Dean's List

Upper Iowa University names its 2013 Spring Dean's List. To be honored, the undergraduate must have earned a minimum 3.50 GPA for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student. Taylo...

Stuecks to celebrate 50th anniversary

Ted  and Fran (Losenicky) Stueck  of Vinton, will observe their 50th  Anniversary June 16, 2013  They were married at the Presbyterian Church in Vinton June 16, 1963 on Father&#...

Rickels, Lam, named to Luther Dean's List

DECORAH -- Kevin Kraus, Luther College vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college, has announced that 792 were named to the 2013 spring semester Dean's List. Addy Rickels,...

NCCC Cedar 6 continues flood relief effort in Minot, N.D.

Lexus Hunt, Nick Rossmiller, Jerry Kim, and Gilbert Howard remove the subfloor from a house. By: Kelli Beaver AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 6 is serving an eight-week project in Minot, N.D. The team is working with Lutheran Disaster Response (LDR) to address the great need after the city...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Sarah Kramer

Sarah Kramer of Greenville, S.C., is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 4 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participate in AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps because she plans to live a...

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Rebekah Siddiqi

By: Krista Eichhorst   Name: Rebekah Siddiqi   Hometown: Asheboro, N.C.   Rebekah is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 7 at the Vinton ...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Jarrett Thompson

By: Rebecca Bigler   Jarrett Thompson, from Albion, N.Y., is a member of Maple 6 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start his 10-month service term...

NCCC’s Oak 7 Working for Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity

Oak 7’s media reps, Molly Byer and Victoria Gates showing off their safety equipment and scrapers! By: Victoria Gates and Molly Byer Oak 7, a NCCC team based out of Vinton, IA, is working in Cedar Rapids for Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity (CVHH). The team has been working there since May...

Students Named to Buena Vista University Dean's List

The following students were named to the Dean's List for the spring semester at Buena Vista University: Kelsey Kankelfitz of Atkins. Michael Meisheid of Walker. Students named to t...