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NCCC\'s Cedar 4 in Pierre, South Dakota

By: Cedar 4 In Pierre, South Dakota, Cedar Four, along with Oak One and Oak Four, is working with the Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota to help the disaster areas hit by the floods. In Jun...

Cedar 3 wraps up NCCC Year with Camp Courageous

By: Dave Condlin An AmeriCorps NCCC team is serving their last week at Camp Courageous of Iowa in Monticello, Iowa. Since September 6th “Cedar Three” has been serving as camp couns...

It\'s almost time we started wrapping up

Matt Douglas, Samantha Czerkas, Brittany Bergstrom, Rebecca Coleman, Hunter Duncan & Michelle Penna It's Almost That Time We Start Wrapping Up By: Samantha Czerkas Cedar 2 was sent out to Columbus, Ohio earlier in September to work with Habitat for Humanity Greater Columbus (HFHG...

Rapid Progress Made in South Dakota Flood Recovery

By: Ron Nagle, LSS Volunteer Coordinator and Dana Fytelson, NCCC member Since September 27th, the Pierre and Ft. Pierre area has made major progress and is further along the road to recovery th...

Eligible customers to benefit from energy-efficient lighting sale

   Interstate Power and Light Company, an Alliant Energy company, encourages customers to take a trip down the light bulb aisle at your local store. There are more lighting optio...

Applications now accepted for energy assistance funds

  Interstate Power and Light Company, an Alliant Energy company, encourages customers to take a trip down the light bulb aisle at your local store. There are more lighting options now...

Upper Iowa University announces 2011 graduates

Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its 2011 graduates, degree earned and respective honors. Kurt Jordan from Urbana, IA, graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in...

NCCC’s Oak Seven Serves on Last Project in Iowa.

 NCCC’s Oak Seven Serves on Last Project in Iowa. By: Oak 7 Oak Seven finishes up last service project with AmeriCorps NCCC at the Nahant Marsh in Davenport, Iowa on November 8...

A Blast From The Past - Opera House

Again from the 1905 Vinton Semi-Weekly Eagle.  I think the Opera House is where an appliance store that was on 1st Avenue between 4th and 5th street, directly south of the alley that is behind...

A Blast From The Past - Blacksmith Shop

  Taken from an old copy of the old, Vinton Eagle semi-Weekly, Tuesday morning, January 10th, 1905.   The old blacksmith shop, which I believe, was just north of the post office.  I ...