Et Cetera
Pool opens today!
By Brad Barker, VPRD
Memorial Day weekend ishere, school is out and summer is officially underway. Along with that comes another greatswim season at the Vinton Community Swimming Pool!
The pool ...
Concordia University, names Morgan Eggert, of Atkins, to spring 2017 honors list
Morgan Eggert of Atkins, Iowa, was one of 241 students named to Concordia University, Nebraska's honors list for the spring 2017 semester.
The top 25 percent of all undergraduate students who compl...
A question for the Class of 2017: Then what?
Every year, high school and college graduates gather in a big stuffy room, wearing silly-looking outfits, hear the same once-inspiring, but now worn-out songs and cliches, and listen to a somewhat not... Girls State: Kaitlyn Goodell, Maylee McKibben to represent Vinton
The Vinton Post 57 American Legion Auxiliary has chosen Kaitlyn Goodell, left and Maylee McKibben, right as its Girls State participants for this year. Auxiliary President Sandy Driscoll presente flow... VS alums join Wartburg National Society of Leadership and Success
Kylie Miracle and Sara Jorgensen are among recent inductees into the Wartburg NSLS.
Congratulations to VS alumni members Kylie Miracle and Sara Jorgensen on being inducted into the Wartburg Colleg... Eastern Iowa Honor Flight #28
On Wednesday, May 24, 2017, the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight will launch EIHF Flight #28. Since we began operations in 2009, to date, we have transported 2309 Veterans, plus their guardians to Washington...
AmeriCorps NCCC Cedar 1 Helps Prepare Habitat for Humanity of Omaha for their Builders Blitz
Jamal is learning how to use a sawzall before moving to the blitz site.
By Joshua Richards
On May 8, Cedar 1 headed to North Omaha, Nebraska to serve with Habitat for Humanity through June 8. Cedar... Students Chosen for Trip to Washington, D.C.
By Lisa Franck
Two high school juniors have been chosen to represent East-Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative in Washington, D.C., June 9 to June 15.
The two winners, Macy Arbuckle and Cade ... Finding beauty on the most difficult journeys
Always take time to enjoy the sunset, even when (and especially when) you are caring for someone who is seriously ill.
Tucked securely - for now - in the basement of a 9-story bank tower in a big ... Area Youth take part in Annual Live Healthy Iowa Kids Track Meet; winners advance to State
The softball toss is a popular event in the annual VPRD Live Healthy Iowa meet.
By Brad Barker, VPRD
Over 100 area youth ranging in ages from 5 to 14 years old participated in the Vinton Parks ...