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Prairie Creek Church offers use of Braille NIV Bible
Prairie Creek Christian Church, located between Urbana and Vinton on Highway 150, has the Braille Books of the NIV Bible in their library.
Anyone who would like to come to the church to study or r...
Vogt Named to Spring 2018 University of Dubuque Dean's List
The University of Dubuque congratulates Edee Vogt of Vinton, on being appointed to the Spring Semester 2018 Academic Dean's List.
To be named to the dean's list, a student must earn a grade point a...
Farm Bureau Cookout winners to represent Benton County at State Fair
[caption id="attachment_21972" align="alignleft" width="300"] Drew Sallee watches as his son, Ian, flips his pork burgers at the 11th annual Benton County Farm Bureau Cookout. Both won their categorie...
Farm Bureau Cookout winners to represent Benton County at State Fair
[caption id="attachment_21972" align="alignleft" width="300"] Drew Sallee watches as his son, Ian, flips his pork burgers at the 11th annual Benton County Farm Bureau Cookout. Both won their categorie...
Vogt Named to Spring 2018 University of Dubuque Dean's List
The University of Dubuque congratulates Edee Vogt of Vinton, on being appointed to the Spring Semester 2018 Academic Dean's List.
To be named to the dean's list, a student must earn a grade point a...
Iowa’s Electric Cooperatives Sent 37 Students to D.C. for a Week of Leadership Development
Thirty-seven high school students representing Iowa’s locally owned electric cooperatives traveled to Washington, D.C., from June 8-14 and joined more than 1,800 other students from across the nation ...
Students named to the UI President's List for the spring 2018 semester
Olivia Ketchen of Vinton and Sarah Wehrkamp of Walker were named to the University of Iowa President's List. The list was established in the fall of 1983 to recognize academic excellence. In order to ...
NATURE SMILES ON CP FRIENDS OF LIBRARY GARDEN WALK
Center Point Friends of the Library drew the most perfect day of June for the Garden Walk the 23rd.
Host gardens ranged from the jewel box garden of Library neighbor Roberta Heitman to the gigantic...
Vinton Teacher to Attend Highly Competitive Gilder Lehrman Institute Seminar
This summer, Kelly Steffen, a high school social studies teacher from Vinton-Shellsburg High School, will travel to the Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, PA to attend a week long professional deve...
The Benton County Fair: A 'Narnia' that speaks to many
By: Melody Snow
On Behalf of the Benton County Historical Society
Shhhhhh . . . I found it. . . I tell you it’s there . . . you just have to believe. A land of adventure, mythical powe...