Local students earned all-state nominations for their individual speech performances at the state contest this past weekend.

The following will perform at the All-State Individual Speech Festival at UNI on Monday, March 27th:

PELLA COMMUNITY
Hannah Cutler, Literary Program
Lauren Ashworth, Storytelling

KNOXVILLE
Shannon Yocum, Solo Music Theatre

PCM
Megan Cox, Poetry
Graham Davis, Solo Music Theatre

PLEASANTVILLE
Jack Lauer, Original Orator

Students from Pella Christian and Melcher-Dallas also participated and earned high marks in the state contest on Saturday, March 11th at Vinton-Shellsburg High School.