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Give it Your Best Shot - Iowa Tourism Photo Contest
Do you have the eye to capture a unique vacation in Iowa? If so, you have a chance to see your best photography on the cover of the next Iowa Travel Guide, the premier showcase of attractions, eve...
BVU Student Andy Schanbacher Selected for Undergraduate Rural Medicine Education
The innovative Undergraduate Rural Medicine Education and Development (URMED) program developed five years ago through a partnership with Buena Vista University (BVU) and Buena Vista Regional Medi...
AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Katie O’Connor
By: Krista Eichhorst
Name: Katie O’Connor
Hometown: Livingston, N.J.
Katie is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 4 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to particip... AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Jamie Thompson
Name: Jamie Thompson
Hometown: Oak Park, Ill.
Jamie is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 3 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to partici... AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Cordelia Stewart
Name: Cordelia Stewart
Hometown: Brownsville, Calif.
Cordelia is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 6 at the Vinton Campus. She chose ... VS band joins Independence musicians on stage during girls basketball game
Throughout the girls basketball games in Independence on Friday night, the members of the Vinton-Shellsburg and Independence pep bands sat on opposite sides of the court, cheering loudly at times a... AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Chris Southwick
By: Krista Eichhorst
Name: Chris Southwick
Hometown: Califon, N.J.
Chris is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruc... Five VSHS band members selected for NIEBA Honor Band
Five students from the Vinton-Shellsburg High School Band were selected for participation in the Northeast Iowa Bandmasters’ Association Honor Band on Saturday, December 1, 2012. ... AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Bonnie Roane
Name: Bonnie Roane
Hometown: Chesapeake, Va.
Bonnie is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 2 at the Vinton Campus. She chose to participat... River recreation brings big bucks to Iowa's economy
Editor's Note: The Benton County Conservation is promoting river recreation and conservation in the cedar river watershed, with a series of articles written by Larry Stone focused o...