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Diamond Vogel & Keep Iowa Beautiful Announce 2020 Grant Awards for Area Projects

Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2020 Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa."The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and work with many local volunteers that help build communities, making Iowa the number one state in the nation to live," said Doug Vogel, Vice-President, Marketing, of the Iowa based company.

Don't forget to support your local church: Links to Area Churches

At this time, we're all concentrating on our physical health. We might even be worried about our mental health. We will be away from our church families for a time, but we can still stay in touch. Here are links below to most of the area churches, the church family is important. If you are fortunate enough to have a job that won't affect your income, don't forget, your continued financial support is needed during this time to support all that our churches do in the community.

Benton County thanks 4-H volunteers during National Volunteer Week April 19-25

 The Benton County Extension Office along with the members of Benton County 4-H would like to take this opportunity to thank all the adult and youth volunteers that work so hard all year to make the 4-H program possible.It takes almost 7,000 adult volunteers in Iowa to keep the 4-H program going each year. Benton County 4-H truly values the caring adults who take time out of their busy lives to teach youth about the variety of experiences 4-H has to offer.

Iowans Making History: Herbert Hoover

Chad Brown has agreed to share with you bits about Iowans who have made history! These will be a bit of pleasure reading, and enjoyable to read. Feel free to add any comments below or bits of history on the people that you see, we can never learn enough about the people that have gone before us! These aren't meant to be all inclusive bios, but just some light reading with a bit of educational value! Welcome Chad!---Iowa produced one president: Herbert Hoover.

Minutes of the North Eden Willing Workers

By Samantha WaltonThe North Eden Willing Workers February meeting was called to order on February 16th at 5:14PM. There were 15 members present for the meeting. The treasurer's report and secretary’s report was given from last month. Carli Lang and Jackson McGlaughlin received birthday treats for having a birthday in the time since our last meeting.

Indian Hills Community College Honor Roll 2019-2020 Winter Term

Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the students who were on the college’s academic Honor Roll for the 2019-20 Winter Term.  To be included on the Honor Roll an IHCC student must be enrolled fulltime and have a grade point average for the term of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.MARENGO: Amanda M. KeiserWALFORD: Margot N. Pe

Benton County Community Foundation Grant Application Deadline Approaching

The deadline to submit grant applications to the Benton County Community Foundation for its 2020 grant cycle is 11:59 p.m. March 15, 2020. Grants are awarded to projects in the following areas: art and culture, community betterment, education, environment, health, historic preservation and human service. The online grant application may be found on the Community Foundation’s website at www.

Area student ranks among top 2 percent at Iowa State University

The following area students are ranked among the top 2 percent of students in their college at Iowa State University.Atkins,  Laura Maschino, Junior, College of DesignVinton,  Natalie Boyer, Sophomore, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Cole Tharp, Sophomore, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Mount Mercy University congratulates February 2020 grads

The student(s) listed below graduated from Mount Mercy University in February 2020. A commencement ceremony will be held May 17, 2020, at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Mount Mercy, located in beautiful Cedar Rapids, Iowa, offers students a fulfilling education, promising people of all backgrounds solid preparation for a changing world.

Iowa Lakes Community College Fall Honors List Released

Valerie Newhouse, President of Iowa Lakes Community College, has released the fall honors list of full-time students who have demonstrated academic excellence by earning at least a grade point average of 3.25 (based on a 4.00) or higher.Fall semester students who have achieved a 3.25 grade point average or better are recognized by inclusion on the Dean's list.
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