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J'Nae Rempfer named to Concordia University, Nebraska's spring honors list

  Top 25 percent of undergraduate students qualify for honors list J'Nae Rempfer of Blairstown, Iowa, was named to Concordia University, Nebraska's honors list ...

\'Showtime:\' Cooling Dancers present annual recital

'Stars to Be:' Kindergartners Emerson Fleming & Matthew Bookmeier dance together.    The Cooling Dancers of Vinton presented their annual recital June 2 and 3 at the VSHS Auditorium.  Four performances were given featuring 300 students and nearly 80 dancin...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Corps Member Spotlight: Jaclyn DeFranco

Jacyln DeFranco, Maple 7   Editor's Note: We occasionally feature the AmeriCorps members and team leaders, so the community can learn more about the people who have come to Vinton to help others. Today's ...

NCCC’S MAPLE 4 PROVIDES DISTASTER RELIEF IN HENRYVILLE, IN

Hannah Moore, and Lanice Bailey, sort hygiene products to be given to tornado survivors   By: Lauren Brostowitz, Maple 4   When two EF-4 tornadoes devastated five counties in Southern Indiana on March 2, 2012, communities were left in disarray. As individuals co...

AmeriCorps NCCC Oak 1 Serves as Positive Role Models at Tanager Place

Oak 1 team member Kym Copple, painting outside a cottage at Tanager Place.   By Laurie Miller, Oak 1   After serving for one month with the Vinton Parks and Recreation Department, AmeriCorps NCCC team Oak 1, has begun serving at Tanager Place in Ced...

Good-bye to Vinton: Keep Vinton as a city of spirit

          Five and a half years ago, I arrived in Vinton on a snowy day in January.  It didn’t take me long to realize I had found a place to call home. &nbs...

A day for sharing stories: Honor Flight vets share memories with peers, family

Andrew Andrews believes he is alive today because of full-blooded Indian who said his last name was White. Andrews, a World War II infantry veteran from Troy Mills, recalls his first day as a s...

Kirkwood Announces Dean\'s List Honors

  Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the Spring Semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade point average or higher after completing 12 or more credit h...

The Homestead National Monument of America

  By Kyle White and Katie Keane   Cedar Three of the AmeriCorps NCCC is in Beatrice, Nebraska to help support the Homestead National Monument of America (Homestead NMA) for t...

Iowa State Fair Sew-In Seeks Donations, Volunteers

  The Iowa State Fair Fabric and Threads Department is seeking fabric donations and volunteers for the fourth annual State Fair Sew-In. The free program offers Fairgoers a chance to try t...