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Ribbons Awarded for Farm Crops at Iowa State Fair

Farm crops took to the judging table in the John Deere Agriculture Building sponsored by Alliant Energy on Thursday at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Complete results below: FIELD CORN Sing...

Amanda Martin to Attend Creighton University in the Fall

Amanda Martin of Atkins, Iowa, will be attending Creighton University along with almost 1,000 other freshmen this fall. Martin, a graduate of Benton Community High School, who will be entering int...

AmeriCorps NCCC Welcomes New Staff Member

By: Rachel Lebeaux   Heather Peck is a native Iowan who currently resides in North Liberty. Heather enlisted in the United States Navy right out of high school and spent six years ser...

State Fair Sewing Competition results

Bonnabelle Rayner of Lone Tree was awarded Best of Show honors in the Fabric and Threads Sewing for the Home contest judged prior to the start of the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Sweepstakes honors w...

NCCC Assists Lutheran Disaster Response

By Emma Mills   AmeriCorps NCCC’s Oak 2 worked with the Lutheran Disaster Response in Minot, N.D. They were helping to restore homes that were effected in the Mouse River floodi...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Team Leader Spotlight: Mark Robertshaw

Mark Robertshaw‏ By: Rachel Lebeaux   Name: Mark Robertshaw   Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri   Mark is serving as the Pine 6 NCCC Team Leader at the Vinton Campus. He chose to...

Heavy Weight Barrow Champion: Chelsea Schminke, Van Horne at State Fair

  Jake Keppy of Durant captured the Grand Champion Market in the FFA Market Swine Show judged Thursday and Friday at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Keppy's hog first won the Champion Pureb...

Youth Earn Honors in FFA Breeding Swine Show at Iowa State Fair

  Youth from across Iowa captured the spotlight at the FFA Breeding Swine Show on Friday at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Alicia Lane of Spragueville captured the Champion Commercial Gilt...

Awards Given in FFA Poultry Competition at State Fair

   FFA members exhibited 464 birds in the Poultry Show judged Thursday at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Jennifer Lane of DeWitt showed the Grand Champion Market Broiler. Runner-up to...

Top Honors Awarded in FFA Lamb Shows at Iowa State Fair

  Grand Champion honors were awarded Thursday in the FFA Market and Carcass Lamb shows at the 2012 Iowa State Fair. Tanner Berry of Sac City showed the Grand Champion FFA Market Lamb,...