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NCCC Maple 2 team takes a camp approach in Nebraska National Forest
By David Chernyshov
The NCCC team of Maple 2 is currently working with the Nebraska National Forest and Grasslands. This is home to the largest hand planted forest and oldest federal nurs... NCCC Keeping Kimball Beautiful
By: Zackary Hall
Cedar 1 has teamed up with Keep Kimball Beautiful to renovate Kimball’s new visitor’s center and work with Kimball’s twenty-four hour recycling organization.... Eighteen New Foods to Debut at 2013 Iowa State Fair
"Happiness Is" new Fair foods and treats set to make their debut at the 2013 Iowa State Fair, August 8-18. The fresh menu offerings join the list of nearly 200 food choices available thr...
AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Nikolas Harvan-Matosich
Nikolas Harvan-Matosich, from Ellicott City, Ma., is a member of Maple 5 in NCCC’s Class 19. He arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start his 10-month service term on a team of pe... NCCC’s Cedar 6 Working toward Ecological Restoration in Valparaiso, Ind
By Kelli Beavers
AmeriCorps NCCC team Cedar 6 is currently assisting Taltree Arboretum and Gardens in their ecological restoration mission to maintain a healthy environment of native trees and... Second FEMA Corps Class to Kick Off Monday at Vinton NCCC campus
On Monday, Vinton will be seeing some new faces around town. Team Leaders will be flying and driving into the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School on July 22 to begin the second class of NCCC FEMA ...
NCCC Team Maple 6 Serves Special Needs Campers in Camp Albrecht
By Tarsis Gotay
Maple 6, an AmeriCorps NCCC team based out of Vinton, Iowa, is serving as camp counselors at a special needs camp called Camp Albrecht Acres in Sherrill, Iowa from July 15 to A... State Fair Offers Classes with Patrick Lose
From charity sewing projects to hands on quilting classes with Patrick Lose, the Iowa State Fair's Fabric and Threads Department has several ways for Fairgoers to participate. "Nothing Co...
Dairy Beef Feeding for Profit
Feeding dairy steers has been common on northeast and east central Iowa farms and others are looking at dairy steers with supplies of feeder cattle being low.
An educational conference on feed...
AmeriCorps NCCC Class 19 Corps Member Spotlight: Jahbowha Newman
Jahbowha Newman, from Coushatta, La., is a member of Cedar 1 in NCCC’s Class 19. She arrived in Vinton on February 5, 2013, to start her 10-month service term on a team of people betwee...