"Monsters" Sarah Schminke, Gabe Schmidt and Grace Horst dance and sing about getting their groove on. The Vinton-Shellsburg drama department's presentation of "There's a Monster in My Closet" did not include the ending of the musical, when the high school singers and performed for the Tilford Elementary students on Wednesday.

  Area IPA member Scott Anderson holds one of the huge shells like those used during the Boomtown event. By Tamara Stark, Vinton Boomtown Committee It's official! The original Boomtown, as we've all come to know and love will GO ON in it's entirety; homemade shells, Junior Pyrotechnic show, Main show and all! After months of discussion and planning, the individual-hand crafted shell portion of Boomtown has a new location! Several members of the Iowa Pyrotechnic Association attended the April 13th Vinton City Council meeting to ask for permission to use an isolated section of a city ditch as the new home for the launch site of the I.

The inspirational story of a man's relationship with God is explored in the new film, The Shack. Playing the Palace April 14 through Thursday, April 20 at 7 pm every evening, and Monday, April 17 at 2 pm, The Shack is based on the best-selling novel released in 2007, which spent a solid 49 weeks in the #1 spot on the New York Times Bestseller's List.

The final film that features Hugh Jackman as the beloved X-Men character, Wolverine, will be at the Palace this week. Opening Friday, April 7 through Thursday, April 13, Logan plays every evening at 7 pm, and in our regular Monday matinee.

Do you believe in monsters? The Vinton-Shellsburg High School Drama Department does, but they want children of all ages to know that those mythical creatures residing in your closets, under your beds, and hiding in the corner of your rooms are friendly beings, there to serve and protect.

By Alex Vasquez, ACT 1 of Benton County Leapin' Lizards! ACT1 of Benton County is pleased to announce auditions for themusicalANNIE! Firststaged by ACT Iin 2003, it delighted audiences and becamethe top selling show in ACT I history.

Dinner & Dance Poster 2017Click to view Dinner tickets must be purchased by April 19.

By Bill Martin, IMCA New dates have been announced for two IMCA Frostbuster spe ­cials. Lee County Speedway at Donnellson now hosts the Thursday, April 6 event.

By Rose Trafford, Vinton Palace Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, and John C. Reilly battle Kong in 3D on the Palace big screen in Kong: Skull Island, playing Friday, March 31 through Thursday, April 6 at 7 pm, and Monday, April 3 at 2 pm.

Olivia Coder and Sarah Schminke perform in the group mime. For the second straight year, Vinton-Shellsburg speech and drama students ended their season with a public performance of many of the presentations that earned Division 1 ratings from judges at speech contests earlier this year.