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VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 19th, 2024 11:20 pm
17-year-old Mackenzy, was diagnosed at age 8 with Chiari Malformation which is a condition where the brain tissue at the base of the skull pushes into the spinal canal, putting pressure on the brain and spinal cord. Mackenzy said that the oral pain meds to help manage her headaches and the pain in her head and neck, have stopped working. She has been in and out of ERs for pain management.
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 19th, 2024 1:46 pm
It's the most wonderful time of the year! Time to compile a list of all of the Christmas services in the area. You know what to do...send in the info via email at vintontoday@hotmail.com or just comment the information below!Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24Christmas Mass Times for the Queen of Saints cluster 4:00 pm at St.
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VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 19th, 2024 2:12 am
Last week the Vinton Unlimited board conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony at Beast and Bird's new location. A ribbon cutting was held with refreshments available to the group.Beast and Bird (brick-and-mortar) is a merger of two mobile businesses (Beast and Bird food truck along with McBride Mobile Taps). Owners Logan Merchant, Clay McBride, and Justin McBride (all of Vinton) are excited to launch the next chapter of their growing business.
VINTON UNLIMITED - December 18th, 2024 9:57 pm
Vinton’s Wonderland Walk Competition is Bringing Back the Wonder of Christmas! When Children Dreamed, Families Hoped, and Everyone Wished! Vinton Unlimited has invited area businesses to decorate the interior of their business’s front window making it fun, festive, and a temptation to onlookers who will find it
VINTON UNLIMITED - December 17th, 2024 8:45 pm
Vinton Unlimited is pleased to announce applications are being accepted for the HOT Grant award cycle. This grant fund is made possible through the collection of the hotel/motel tax within the City of Vinton. Groups that hold community events, work to promote the City of Vinton or encourage people to visit Vinton are encouraged to apply. Requests from 501 non-profit organizations or governmental equivalent 170(c)(1) will be considered for the grant.
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VINTON UNLIMITED - December 17th, 2024 3:41 pm
Don't miss an opportunity to send Santa a letter through his mailbox this year!Have you heard the exciting rumor? Santa *might* be sending letters back to kids who drop their wishes into his special mailbox outside of LaGrange’s during business hours! To give Santa enough time to respond before Christmas, we highly encourage little ones to get their letters in by this Friday.
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 17th, 2024 2:41 pm
The local Vinton Kiwanis group hosted Santa Claus at Pizza Ranch on Tuesday. The group has an inside connection to Santa at the North Pole. Every year their special elf connects with Santa to arrange a visit with St. Nick. This year Joe Wehage was in charge of directing traffic to make way for Santa's sleigh to land in downtown Vinton. Children from the Vinton-Shellsburg students joined the Vinton Kiwanis Club for Christmas dinner and gifts straight from the North Pole for each of the children.
VINTON PARKS & RECREATION - December 17th, 2024 9:47 am
Get out of the house during the holiday break! All grade school youth can take part in this fun carnival. Tickets to play games are only 25 cents each.LOCATION: Skate & Activity Center.Friday, December 27, 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
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VINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT - December 16th, 2024 12:43 pm
"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." Martin Luther King Jr.Turn on the radio and you'd have heard Madonna's "Who's That Girl" at #1 after toppling U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For" from that top spot.The TV would be filled with the news of a tragic plane crash in Detroit that killed 156 but left a 4-year-old girl the sole survivor and Muhammad Ali was elected to Ring magazine’s Boxing Hall of Fame.
IOWA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE - December 16th, 2024 11:32 am
Governor Reynolds today announced she has appointed Chris Cournoyer as Lieutenant Governor of Iowa. Cournoyer, a resident of LeClaire, Iowa, was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018. She chaired the inaugural Technology committee, from which position she wrote and managed the legislation that made Iowa the sixth state in the nation to protect consumer data in law.
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