Iowa State University top 2 percent
Four local students have placed in the top 2 percent of students at Iowa State University. Those students include junior Vance Arnold of Lisbon (college of engineering), junior Brayden Kreel of Mechanicsville (college of agriculture and life sciences), sophomore Caleb Dausener of Mount Vernon (college of engineering) and first-year student Jensen Meeker of Mount Vernon (Ivy College of Business).
Upper Iowa University graduate
Julia Cornelius of Mount Vernon graduated with a associate of arts degree in psychology from Upper Iowa University in December 2023.