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NCCC’s Oak Six- Changing the World, One Trail and Fairground at a Time

Team Member Aimee Daniels, painting a building at the very same fairgrounds.   By Tyler Purcell   Now in Coralville/Iowa City, AmeriCorps NCCC Team Oak Six is currently working with the United States Army Corps of Engineers at Coralville Lakes and the...

Local students graduate from Central College

  The following local students graduated from Central College Saturday, May 12. The ceremony was held at H.S. Kuyper Fieldhouse in Pella, Iowa. There were 323 graduates from 16 states and...

Kari Goodchild of Van Horne, IA Graduates from Quinnipiac University

  - Kari Goodchild of Van Horne, IA earned a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Quinnipiac University during the 81st undergraduate commencement exercises on May 20...

AmeriCorps NCCC Team Comes to Toledo, Ohio

  By Yazmeen Green and Joy Holleman   The AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar Two has arrived in Toledo to begin working with Toledo Botanical Gardens. The team is in the area until J...

Register for a chance to win a $1,000 College Savings Iowa Account

  State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald wants to remind Iowans it is their last chance to celebrate 529 Day by registering to win a $1,000 College Savings Iowa account for a child in their l...

Baccalaureate: VSHS seniors urged to think of others first

Gerald Horst directed the quartet of Matt Walston, Alex Springer, Emma Horst and Tess Noeller.   Vinton-Shellsburg High School graduates, as they face one of the biggest changes of their young lives, chose as their baccalaureate speakers two adults who have made many changes of thei...

Nothing Compares\' to the Iowa State Fair\'s Free Stage Line-up

  The 2012 Iowa State Fair free stage line-up is packed with a variety of entertainment and acts. From musical legends to Vaudeville comedy, "Nothing Compares" to this much enter...

Special Olympics: Local athletes featured in ISU Daily as the strive for Gold

While the Vinton-Shellsburg Special Olympics athletes competed for gold medals at the recent State event in Ames, a Vinton native who works for the Iowa State University college newspaper was ther...

NCCC’s Maple 7 takes on Invasive Species

NCCC member Dustyn removing a multiflora rose.   By: Ashley Carmichael   NCCC team Maple 7 is camping and working at Taltree Arboretum and Gardens in Valparaiso, Indiana. The team spends their time battling several differ...

Aaron Koppen Named to Spring 2012 President's List at LeTourneau University

   Aaron Koppen of Shellsburg, Iowa, was named to the Spring 2012 President's List at LeTourneau University. Koppen achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average to receive...