• Article Photo. The Pedal 4 Progress project among VSHS students helped send many bikes overseas in May.
    The Pedal 4 Progress project among VSHS students helped send many bikes overseas in May.
  • Article Photo. Remembering 2012: Tough Mudders from the area raised funds for the Wounded Warrior Project in May.
    Remembering 2012: Tough Mudders from the area raised funds for the Wounded Warrior Project in May.
  • Article Photo. Frances Crawford Lynch received the medals earned by her husband, Stanley, who died in WWII.
    Frances Crawford Lynch received the medals earned by her husband, Stanley, who died in WWII.

May

Several Vinton-Shellsburg High School students gathered bicycles as part of the international Pedals 4 Progress program.

Vinton-Shellsburg alum and former UNI Panther Jim Womochil returned to Vinton to become a teacher and the Viking head football coach.

Garrison donors and volunteers made possible a new playground, as that city continues to recover from the effects of the 2011 storm. A new library project and fund-raising also began in 2012.

A group of local athletes, fitness enthusiasts and dare-takers raised thousands of dollars for the Wounded Warrior Project by competing in the Tough Mudders event in Minnesota.

Frances Crawford Lynch, a Gold Star wife whose husband died in action during World War II, received her husband's medals.

Tilford and Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School students planted many trees outside the two schools as part of the Trees for Kids program, another effort to recover from the 2011 storm.