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  <title>Ottumwa Soloist Wins 2026 Iowa State Fair Bill Riley Talent Search</title>
  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:57:18 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="http://app.readmedia.com/news/public_logo/4939.png"/&gt;Caleb Meiners, 20, of Ottumwa, placed first in the senior division during the championship round of the 66th annual Bill Riley Talent Search Competition held Sunday, August 23, at the 2026 Iowa State Fair. Meiners was awarded a $10,000 prize for h...  </description>
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  <title>Day Three of Bill Riley Semi-Finals 2026</title>
  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:27:15 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="http://app.readmedia.com/news/public_logo/4939.png"/&gt;Four talented Senior division acts (ages 13-21) have advanced to the Championship round in Bill Riley's 66th annual Iowa State Fair Talent Search. Each act will perform again on Sunday, August 23. Four Sprout acts were crowned champions.  </description>
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  <title>Day Three of Bill Riley Semi-Finals 2026</title>
  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:27:15 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="http://app.readmedia.com/news/public_logo/4939.png"/&gt;Four talented Senior division acts (ages 13-21) have advanced to the Championship round in Bill Riley's 66th annual Iowa State Fair Talent Search. Each act will perform again on Sunday, August 23. Four Sprout acts were crowned champions.  </description>
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  <title>New York Army National Guard officer getting promoted at Fort William Henry on Tuesday. August 25 </title>
  <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:57:06 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="http://app.readmedia.com/news/public_logo/4423.jpg"/&gt;New York Army National Guard Capt. Alex Hammond will be promoted to major during an August 25 ceremony at Fort William Henry in Lake George Village.  </description>
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  <title>Day Two of Bill Riley Semi-Finals 2026</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:57:19 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="http://app.readmedia.com/news/public_logo/4939.png"/&gt;Three talented Senior division acts (ages 13-21) have advanced to the Championship round in Bill Riley's 66th annual Iowa State Fair Talent Search. Each act will perform again on Sunday, August 23. Two Sprout acts were crowned champions.  </description>
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  <title>Two Standout Ole Miss Student-Athletes Trade Baseball and Soccer for New Arena: Legal Field</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:16:09 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/2715/small/um_informal-lockup-template-original_%281%29.jpg?1757694552"/&gt;When Will Allen and Channing Foster Allen talk about the University of Mississippi, they do not describe it as just a university. They describe it as the place that kept pulling them back.  It was where Will first arrived as a baseball r...  </description>
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  <title>Students named to Trine University's Vice President's List</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:14:27 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/552/small/TRINE_color.jpg?1398978664"/&gt;Trine University students were named to the Vice President's List for the Summer 2026 term. To earn Vice President's List honors, an undergraduate student must be registered for 12 or more total semester credit hours, including graduate courses...  </description>
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  <title>Students named to Trine University Dean's List</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:13:27 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/552/small/TRINE_color.jpg?1398978664"/&gt;Trine University students were named to the Dean's List for the Summer 2026 term. To earn Dean's List honors, students must complete a minimum of 12 hours and have a grade point average of 3.500-3.749.  </description>
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  <title>University of Mississippi Graduate Yasmine Ware Becomes Advocate, Scholar, Storyteller</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:34:19 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/2715/small/um_informal-lockup-template-original_%281%29.jpg?1757694552"/&gt;Yasmine Ware came to the University of Mississippi knowing one thing: She wanted to lift the voices of others. The interdisciplinary studies major graduated in May as a Stamps Scholar, a Truman Scholar and the force behind a documentary project...  </description>
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  <title>SMWC Honors More Than 70 Students on Summer 2026 Dean's List</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:02:59 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/2414/small/280x280_SMWC_LOGO.png?1718144121"/&gt;More than 70 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance during the summer 2026 semester at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC) by being named to the Dean's List.  Congratulations to these distinguished scholar...  </description>
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  <title>Summer 2026 Online Dean's List</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:00:29 -0400</pubDate>
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  <organization>Belhaven University</organization>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/330/small/BU_Horizontal_CMYK.jpg?1787336153"/&gt;Online Students with a GPA of 3.4-3.99  </description>
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  <title>Summer 2026 President's List</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:57:38 -0400</pubDate>
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  <organization>Belhaven University</organization>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/330/small/BU_Horizontal_CMYK.jpg?1787336153"/&gt;President's List - Students who earned a 4.0 GPA  </description>
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  <title>Students named to Trine University President's List</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:50:41 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/552/small/TRINE_color.jpg?1398978664"/&gt;Trine University students were named to the President's List for the Summer 2026 term. To earn President's List honors, students must complete a minimum of 12 hours and have a grade point average of 3.750-4.000.  </description>
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  <title>Porky Parm Gnocchi Wins 2026 Iowa State Fair People's Choice Best New Food</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:43:28 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="http://app.readmedia.com/news/public_logo/4939.png"/&gt;The Porky Parm Gnocchi, from Destination Grille, is the winner of the 2026 Iowa State Fair People's Choice Best New Food Contest. There were 15,954 votes for the People's Choice Best New Food this year. The Porky Parm Gnocchi received 44.9% of the...  </description>
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  <title>Wilson College Announces Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2026</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:22:50 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/491/small/wilson-college-blue-rgb-digital.png?1749481578"/&gt;Honoring student-athletes from basketball, volleyball, soccer and equestrian teams, the Wilson College Athletics Department announced its 2026 Hall of Fame Class during the annual Athletics Award Ceremony on April 26, 2026.  </description>
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  <title>Trine University students complete degrees</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:16:55 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/552/small/TRINE_color.jpg?1398978664"/&gt;Trine University students completed degrees at the end of the Summer 2026 term.  </description>
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  <title>Summer 2026 Online President's List (UG)</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:24:06 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/330/small/BU_Horizontal_CMYK.jpg?1787336153"/&gt;Online Students that Achieved a 4.0 GPA.  </description>
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  <title>Truth Pharm to Host 11th Annual Trail of Truth</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:21:43 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="http://app.readmedia.com/news/public_logo/4911.png"/&gt;Truth Pharm will host the 11th Annual New York State Trail of Truth on Saturday, August 22, 2026, outside the Broome County Courthouse at 92 Court Street in Binghamton, from 12-7 pm. The event brings together families and community members to memo...  </description>
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  <title>Truth Pharm to Host 11th Annual Trail of Truth</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:21:38 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="http://app.readmedia.com/news/public_logo/4911.png"/&gt;Truth Pharm will host the 11th Annual New York State Trail of Truth on Saturday, August 22, 2026, outside the Broome County Courthouse at 92 Court Street in Binghamton, from 12-7 pm. The event brings together families and community members to memo...  </description>
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  <title>Internship </title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:08:44 -0400</pubDate>
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&lt;img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/rm3.photos.prod.readmedia.com/schools/592/small/UA_Little_Rock_logo_square.jpg?1487790079"/&gt;University of Arkansas at Little Rock senior biology major Madison Thomas strengthened her passion for physical therapy this summer through an internship at Re/Align, where she gained hands-on experience working with athletes and other patients...  </description>
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  <title>UW-Whitewater's Bryson Clarson to serve Center on Public Leadership</title>
  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:17:28 -0400</pubDate>
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