Business

East-Central Iowa REC and CIPCO Launch Utility-Scale Solar Generation in Urbana

East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative (ECI REC) is part of Central Iowa Power Cooperative’s (CIPCO) utility-scale solar project which is the largest in the state. The Urbana Solar Acr...

Vinton Landscaper Joins Green Farmstead Partner program

Arbor Care LLC of Vinton has been designated a participating landscape professional in the Green Farmstead Partner program. The on-farm environmental initiative promotes the planning and insta...

VU Seeking Summer Intern

The Vinton Unlimited Community Development Internship Opportunity application window closes in one week. We are looking for fun, energetic individuals to help with community event planning, market...

Job Fair connects local employers to job seekers

Lana Elwick answers employment questions about the Vinton Lutheran Home during the Job Fair. Dozens of local job seekers, from high school students looking for part-time work to new residents looking for their first job in Vinton, gathered at the Skate Center, where several local businesse...

Long Term Care

Long-Term Care, that scary phrase no one wants to talk about. I think part of the reason that people are scared of the words Long Term Care is because it is associated with the end or our lives an...

Take the Vinton Bakery survey...please

A person with bakery experience is interested in Vinton as a new location. Would you give them a hand by taking the Vinton bakery survey? Responses are completely anonymous. The goal of this ...

4th St. Diner News

Serving Buffet from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, Sunday thru Friday. Everyone is WELCOME! Suggested contribution for individuals 60 years old or older, and their accompanying spouse (regardless of ag...

Local documentary maker earns Outstanding Partner Award from IWGA

Producer Brad Johnson of Wine Diamonds accepts the Outstanding Industry Partner of the Year Award. DES MOINES — The Wine Diamonds Film Team has been named the Iowa Wine Growers Association’s Outstanding Industry Partner for 2016. Producer Brad Johnson was presented the awa...

\'Colonel\' Rundlett graduates from World Wide College of Auctioneering

Dakota Rundlett of Vinton is among recent World Wide Auctioneering College grads. Earning the honorary title of "Colonel," Dakota W. Rundlett Vinton graduated recently from World Wide College of Auctioneering, (a.k.a. Reisch World Wide College of Auctioneering). Ru...

Shopko opens in Vinton

1st customer: Cale Butts made the very first purchase at Shopko today, from clerk Lori Polesky. Young Cale Butts made a bit of Vinton retail history this morning when shortly after 9 a.m. he became the first person to ever make a purchase at the new Shopko Hometown Vinton store. Clerk Lori P...