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Boomtown/Boomfest coming next weekend!

The annual fireworks celebration that fills Vinton with lights and noise and visitors takes place next weekend, with the big show set for Saturday night.
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Feralings to perform at Garrison Farmers Mercantile Hall, Aug. 20

The Feralings will perform at Farmers Mercantile Hall in Garrison, Ia Sunday, August 20th at 2:00 pm. The Feralings are Benj Upchurch (mandolin), Nicole Upchurch (clawhammer banjo), Patrick Bloom (upright bass), and Stacy Webster (acoustic guitar).
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Waterball brings old firefighter favorite to Vinton

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOZRGCyGr7k[/embed] With the State Champions (then known as the Best Squirts) from the 1970s watching from lawn chairs, the firefighters of today took turns testing their skills in the old favorite contest of waterball.
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Night of Destruction: Fair's most popular attraction continues to fill grandstands

Dakota Rundlett's chance to win the trailer races ended with this moment, when firefighters had to douse the flames under his mangled hood. The Benton County Fair, for the past several years, has continued to bring thousands of people to Vinton for a variety of reasons: Livestock shows, the flower and garden shows, hundreds of 4-H projects, the carnival games and rides, and the grandstand events.

Gaming Online Safely and Securely

By Kimberely Frush This months article about Cyber Security is provided byGuest Editor Steve Armstrong. This month we address securing yourself and your gaming system.

The Mummy comes to The Palace

Eighteen years after Tom Cruise turned down the title role in 1999's TheMummy, he's starring in Universal Pictures' Dark Universe rendition of the film.

Depp returns as Jack Sparrow in latest "Pirates"

By Marcy Horst, Vinton Palace Fourteen years after the original film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales again brings our favorite swashbuckling scallywags to the big screen! Pirates plays Friday, June 23 through Thursday, June 29 at 7 pm, and Monday, June 25 at 2 pm, with the exception of Saturday, June 24, when the Palace will be dark for Party in the Park.
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