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Benton County students earn UIU Presidential Scholarships
Upper Iowa University has released the winners of the Presidential and Trustee Scholarships for 2012-13. Receiving these prestigious scholarships are:
Nikki Lown of Belle Pl...
AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Carolina Giraldo
By: Krista Eichhorst
Name: Carolina Giraldo
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Carolina is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 5 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to ... Road ready bicycles needed
Last year we started a local bicycle group and we’ve had some good rides in and around Vinton and Benton County. Some were training for RAGBRAI and others for triathlons and ... Treasurer Fitzgerald Offers Free Materials for Kindergarten Round-Up
Schools across the state are invited to participate in Prepare for the Basics.
State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald is offering free pencils to schools across Iowa for use in Kinde...
Cedar River Aquatic Life
Benton County is continuing our promotion of conservation in the Cedar River watershed, with a series of articles written by Larry Stone focused on the Cedar River Watershed Coalition’s effo... UW-Stevens Point undergraduates honored for scholastic achievement
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point honored 2,719 undergraduate students for attaining high grade point averages during the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year.
Full-time underg...
AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Rusty Graham
Name: Rusty Graham
Hometown: Monroe, NC
Rusty arrived in Vinton on January 8, 2013 to begin his 11-month service as a Team Leader for NCCC’s Class 19 Oak 4. He is going to... Families can register to win one of five $250 College Savings Iowa accounts
State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald is encouraging Iowans with young children to start thinking about saving for their children's future educational expenses. "As a way to raise awarene...
AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Benin Laliberte
Benin Laliberte, one of the first FEMA Corps class members at the Vinton campus, is from Norway. But he is not from Norway the country, or even Norway the city southeast of Vinton in Ben... Vikes of the Week
Vike of the Week Feb 8
Lauren Tandy for Vike of the week-.(Mrs. Armell) She has been so helpful and patient teaching a fellow student sewing!
(Mrs Hami...