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Pettengill hosts Community College Student

  Tony Jones, a student at Kirkwood Community College, visited the Capitol this week and met with Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn). Also pictured is Rep. Pettengill’s clerk, Ha...

IFAA Offers Iowa Youth $97,000 in Scholarships

  IFAA Offers Iowa Youth $97,000 in Scholarships College-bound Iowa youth active in 4-H and/or FFA livestock projects and current undergraduate students may apply for $97,000 in schol...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Ellen King

 Ellen King   Name: Ellen King Hometown: Ann Arbor, Michigan   Ellen King is serving as a Class 18 Team Leader at the Vinton campus and will lead a team of 10-12 Corps Members over a...

New Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Policy Enacted

  John R. Whitaker, State Executive Director for the Iowa Farm Service Agency announced that there is a new Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) policy for 2012. In addition to the current regulati...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Katie Kabot

Katie Kabot   Name: Katie Kabot Hometown: Stamford, Connecticut   Katie Kabot is serving as a Class 18 Team Leader at the Vinton campus and will lead a team of 10-12 Corps Members ov...

Nathan Horst named to Creighton Dean's List

  Nathan Horst of Blairstown, a sophomore College of Arts and Sciences student at Creighton University was named to the fall Dean's List for the 2011-2012 academic year. Full...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Megan Hill

Megan Hill   Name: Megan Hill Hometown: Havre de Grace, Maryland   Megan Hill is serving a second year with NCCC at the campus in Vinton, Iowa. She served in 2011 at the Perry Point...

Alliant Energy reminds customers: Keep snow and ice off meters and vents

    Heavy snow and ice can affect natural gas meters and cause safety concerns   With the forecasted large snowfall and drifting snow over the next few days, Alliant...

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 18 Team Leader Spotlight: Billy Gonsler

Billy Gonsler   Name: Billy Gonsler Hometown: Grand Blanc, MI   Billy Gonsler is serving a second year with NCCC. He served with the Perry Point campus in Maryland in 2011 as a Corps M...

United Way of East Central Iowa Raised More than $10.5 Million!‏

  United Way of East Central Iowa raised $10,581,690 - a new record - in the recently completed 2011 campaign. “This is fantastic news,” said Lois Buntz, CEO and President...