AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Chris Southwick

AMERICORPS NCCC
December 7, 2012 11:10 am

    By: Krista Eichhorst   Name: Chris Southwick   Hometown: Califon, N.J.   Chris is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 3 at the Vinton Campus.

Five VSHS band members selected for NIEBA Honor Band

KARL SMITH
December 6, 2012 12:02 pm

  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

KRISTA EICHHORST, NCCC
December 6, 2012 11:17 am

  Name: Bonnie Roane   Hometown: Chesapeake, Va.   Bonnie is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 2 at the Vinton Campus.

River recreation brings big bucks to Iowa's economy

LARRY STONE
December 6, 2012 10:13 am

  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 on the Cedar River Watershed Coalition’s efforts.

Duane Fisher receives Lifetime Achievement Award from National Ag Educators

VINTON TODAY
December 5, 2012 3:20 pm

  ATLANTA  – Duane Fisher, retired agricultural educator from Vinton-ShellsburgHigh Schoolin Vinton, Iowa, is one of only six individuals nationwide who received the National Association of Agricultural Educators Lifetime Achievement Award on November 30 at the NAAE annual convention in Atlanta.

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Chris Finlay

KRISTA EICHHORST, NCCC
December 5, 2012 10:59 am

   Name: Chris Finlay   Hometown: Boston, Mass.   Chris is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Pine 6 at the Vinton Campus.

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Abigail Miskowiec

KRISTA EICHHORST, NCCC
December 4, 2012 10:13 am

  Name: Abigail Miskowiec   Hometown: Charleston, W.Va.   Abigail is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Spruce 5 at the Vinton Campus.

AmeriCorps NCCC FEMA Corps Class 19 Member Spotlight: Alex Bradt

KRISTA EICHHORST, NCCC
December 4, 2012 10:13 am

  Name: Alex Bradt   Hometown: Oxford, Conn.   Alex is serving as a member of the NCCC FEMA Corps team Hickory 7 at the Vinton Campus.

Buy your child/grandchild an EXTREME OUTDOOR experience this holiday season.

KAREN PHELPS, NATURALIST BCCB
November 30, 2012 5:57 am

We invite you and your family to get off the couch, put away the electronic games and get out and experience these adrenaline filled opportunities to experience the Iowa Outdoors in ways you may not have tried or even known existed as options.

Alliant Energy warns small business customers of utility scam

ALLIANT ENERGY
November 29, 2012 12:28 pm

Customers should not provide credit card or bank routing numbers to suspicious callers Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), an Alliant Energy company, is warning small business customers about a recent utility scam.