<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/dual-success-local-seniors-set-to-earn-college-honors-before-high-school-graduation.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>05/11/2026</pubDate><title>Dual Success: Local Seniors Set to Earn College Honors Before High School Graduation</title><campus>Marshalltown Community College</campus><image><img src="/Images/news/dual-success-local-seniors-set-to-earn-college-honors-before-high-school-graduation/afternoon-welding.jpg" alt="four students from the afternoon welding course posing for a photo"/></image><caption/><thumbnail>true</thumbnail><description>  Marshalltown, IA &amp; Grinnell, IA – Fifty-two local students are achieving a rare feat this spring by completing their college programs before they even receive their high school diplomas. Through a long-standing partnership with Marshalltown Community College (MCC), these ambitious seniors have...</description><tags><tag>Grinnell</tag><tag>grinnell-news</tag><tag>mcc</tag><tag>news</tag></tags></item>