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Middle Cedar Water Quality Initiative Projects to hold harvest celebration banquet on November 16
The Benton/Tama and Miller Creek Water Quality Initiative Projects plan to hold a celebration of the 2017 harvest and farmer-led efforts towards improved water quality and soil health on Thursday, Nov...
Health Insurance- a 4-letter word
By Tressa Walton, Wilson-Hite Insurance
It's everyone's favorite word as we begin to see the renewal rates start coming in. As most of us know by now, the Affordable Care Act is anything bu...
Ideal Industries Celebrates Manufacturing Day with Facility Tour and Education Session
Ideal Industries, Inc., headquartered in Vinton, Iowa, will celebrate this year's Manufacturing Day on October 9, by hosting teachers from Benton Community Senior High School as part of the schoo...
Johnson Joins Iowa Bankers Management Committee
Matt Johnson, of Cedar Valley Bank & Trust in Vinton and La Porte City, has been named a member of the Iowa Bankers Association's (IBA) Management Committee. The committee, comprised of bank manag... IOWA FARM BUREAU MEMBERS DISCUSS TRADE, THE FARM BILL AND THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE WITH LAWMAKERS
Twenty-three Farm Bureau members representing Iowa Farm Bureau's Ag Leaders Institute visited Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11-14 to share concerns with all four of Iowa's U.S. congressmen, Sena...
Scam of the Week: Equifax Phishing Attacks
You already know that a whopping 143 million Equifax records were compromised. The difference with this one is that a big-three credit bureau like Equifax tracks so much personal and sometimes confide...
4th St. Diner October Menu
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iVinton committee seeks community input for creating local internet, cable & telephone utility
After nearly two years of work by iVinton, the citizen's effort to establish a local communications utility, has received a completed feasibility study. After reviewing the study, the group has r...
Why do you love Vinton-Shellsburg schools? New video shares words of alumni, parents
The Vinton Unlimited video series created by summer intern Celia Turner continues this week, as VU has shared a new video entitled "Why Do You love VSCSD (Vinton-Shellsburg Central School District).
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The Value of Knowing what you want
By Tressa Walton
If you are in the market for a new home or a new car chances are that you have criteria for your purchase. If you are looking for a new home, you might require that it have a dishw...