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Kara Vogelson, organizational development and research manager and assistant deputy director of administrative operations for Cerro Gordo County Department of Public Health, will receive one of three Iowa Public Health Hero awards Nov. 28 in Iowa City. Mason City Globe Gazette 

Cozette Rosburg, of Ames, was selected to serve as a trustee on the Iowa 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees at its annual meeting on Oct. 19. Ames Tribune 

A good cup of coffee and the blue lights that illuminate the High Trestle Trail bridge were the inspirations for the latest addition to Madrid. The Blue Lights Coffee House and Bakery opened in Madrid on Nov. 13, owned by Bethany Brewer. Ames Tribune