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Covenant Medical Center Auxiliary Announces Scholarship Winners

  Scholarships to be awarded to five area students   The Covenant Medical Center Auxiliary has announced the recipients of their 2011-2012 scholarship program. Recognition wil...

Ten $500 Scholarships Awarded 2011 Graduating Seniors

Connor Roth   For the past five years East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative has awarded over 75, $500 and $1,000 scholarships to winning students from 16 area high schools who are going into va...

Project Lead the Way Participants Visit State Capitol

L to R: Rep. Pettengill, Steve Allman (Van Horne), Alex Deeds (Atkins), and Ashley Mills (Watkins)   Project Lead the Way participants visited the Capitol this week and met with Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn).   ...

AmeriCorps NCCC Corps Member Spotlight - Jordan Backstrom

Jordan Backstrom   Name: Jordan Backstrom Hometown: St. Paul, MN NCCC Team: Oak 6   Jordan graduated from Pine River Backus High School and the University of Wisco...

Cedar 5 helps make Michigan\'s Pretty Lake even more beautiful

Cedar 5 has been helping Pretty Lake live up to its name in Michigan.   By Caitlin Greig      Cedar 5 has been working at Pretty Lake Vacation Camp in Mattawan, MI since March 17. They have been completing a wide variety of tasks, includin...

AmeriCorps NCCC Maple 2 Aids “Echoing Hills”

Trenton Kraczek is burning  trash at Camp Echoing Hills in Warsaw, OH.   By: Vanessa Brown and Alex Kemp   AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team Maple 2 is serving Camp Echoing Hills in Warsaw, Ohio. The objective of the proje...

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....