High school classmates of Vu Nguyen, whose friendship with the fallen Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy was cemented with a cross-country road trip as teenagers, have organized a scholarship fund in his name.
“He was a person full of integrity and honesty,” said longtime friend Mike Henderson. “We did not want him to die in vain — to […]

Serri Graslie, a sophomore at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., is the second recipient of the Peg Sagen Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship honors Peggy Sagen, the former editor of the Rapid City Journal. Sagen died of cancer in August of 2006.
Graslie, a 2006 graduate of Central High School, spent a summer as an intern at […]

Students pursing a master’s or doctoral degree in a nursing specialty are invited to apply for the Thomas Candler Scholarship.
The $1,500 one-year scholarship honors the founding member of the Quad-Cities Area Advance Practice Nurses and Physician Assistant Alliance.
Applicants must have a grade point average of 3.0 or better, complete an application form, submit a 250-word […]