The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announces its Dean's List, honoring those full-time students who earned high honors in their respective colleges in the fall 2017 semester.

Addie Bjornsen, a Elementary Educ & Early Childhood major from Urbana, was named to the Culver-Stockton College Dean's List for academic achievement during the fall 2017 semester.

By Dean Close, Editor After testifying on Monday that she had been "overwhelmed" by caring for approximately 150 rescue animals, along with her hundreds of show rabbits and guinea pigs, Barbara Galkowski has petitioned Benton County District Court for a return of all seized animals, including the constrictor snake whose presence led to the search warrant and the removal of all but a handful of animals from the Galkowski home at 607 W.

[et_pb_text admin_label="Text"] (This article is part of Virginia Gay Hospital's bi-annual publication, "Thrive" Fall/Winter 2017 issue and has been updated.

Cornell College named 218 students to its Dean's List for the fall 2017 semester, including Morgan Barnard of Keystone. Students must earn a minimum of a 3.

  At its first meeting of the year last week Friends of the Center Point Library made plans for a continued series of Master Gardener programs.

Grant applications can now be submitted to the Benton County Community Foundation for its 2018 grant cycle. The deadline to submit applications is 11:59 p.

Due to a meeting at City Hall, the Vinton Public Library will not open until 10:30 am, Friday morning, February 2nd.

The following area students received their degrees from the University of Iowa at the close of the fall 2017 semester. Sarah Thompson of Atkins-BAS-Bachelor of Applied Studies Brennen Pace of Keystone-BBA-Accounting Carley Deklotz of Shellsburg-BA-Psychology Katrina Mahoney of Shellsburg-DPT Joshua Mulder of Vinton-BLS-Bachelor of Liberal Studies-Bachelor of Liberal Studies Madeline Springer of Vinton-BA-Chemistry Tyler Cherry of Walker-BBA-Finance Cody Johnson of Walker-BA-Computer Science; BBA-Management The University of Iowa is one of the nation's premier public research universities, dedicated to academic excellence, groundbreaking discoveries and creations, commitment to Iowa and the world, and a culture that prizes community, diversity, and opportunity.

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