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Tiffany Wiebold initiated into Alpha Lambda Delta

  Tiffany Wiebold, daughter of Wendy Wiebold of Shellsburg,Iowa, was recently initiated into Morningside College's chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) national fres...

NCCC Spotlight: Jesse Barden

NCCC team leader Jesse Barden   AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight Name: Jesse Barden Hometown: West Columbia, SC NCCC Team: Oak 2        Jesse graduated from...

LaPorte area dog missing since last Wednesday

Buddy from the LaPorte area is lost, if you see him, please call the animal shelter Buddy has been missing since Wed April 13th. No ID on his black collar. 11 year old neutered male.  Black. 65 pounds. Lab/mix.  Does not have the short lab hair: Buddy's hair i...

Belle Plaine FFA Visits State Capitol

   Belle Plaine FFA members visited the Capitol this week and met with Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn).      They are pictured here in the House Chamber....

NCCC Called Up to Assist with Disaster Relief Efforts in Wisconsin

  By: Taylor Jean Maciosek and Angela Sarrels NCCC team Oak 5 will complete their project at Sugar Creek in Ferryville, Wisconsin where they are currently removing honeysuckle and buc...

From Vinton to Akron: Serving one community at a time!

  By: Rachel and Sabrina, Maple 7   A team of ten AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) members are participating in an eight week project, from March 17 to May...

Trail-Blazing the Queen City

  By: Phil and Gaby, Maple 4   Maple 4 Dinosaurs from AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) are tearing up Porkopolis. That’s right, the ‘saurs are i...

AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight - David Albrecht

David Albrecht   Name: David Albrecht Hometown: Indianola, IA NCCC Team: Oak 2   David graduated from Simpson College after finishing his Bachelor’s degree in H...

Who’s Who of AmeriCorps NCCC Class 17 - DJ Bernat

DJ Bernat     Today’s spotlight is DJ Bernat who hails from Danielson, CT.  Leading Maple 5 this year, DJ attended Quinnipiac University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Ar...

Blessed Hope group to take mission trip to Guatemala

  A group of 10 adults from Blessed Hope Church will be travelling from July 4-11 to help at the New Life Children's Home in Guatemala. Orphaned, abandoned, and abused children ha...