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VSMS announces 2nd Trimester Honor Roll

The 6th, 7th and 8th grade Honor Roll students have been recognized for their work during the 2nd Trimester at VS Middle School Click the links bel
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FFA members relax at World's Toughest Rodeo

Front Row, Left to Right: Franki Evans, Shelby McDonald, Blake Witzel, George "˜Wes' Haefner, Ben Eden, Amy Thomas, Bree Tharp, Collin Henry.

McKenna receives Kisher Scholarship from ISU

Ashley McKenna, a junior in materials engineering from Vinton, recently received the $5,000 MTI Bert Kisher Memorial Scholarship to assist in her undergraduate educational experience at Iowa State University.
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VS alum Andreesen hoping to end ISU band career at NCAA tourney

Claire Andreesen (front, left) celebrates ISU's win over Iowa in 2015, one of her favorite pep band memories. Among those cheering most loudly for an Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball victory each game is an alto sax player, a college senior from Vinton who hopes to end her band career at the NCAA tournament.
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VSHS Debate Team performs well; Steele, Thompson advance to Octofinal Round

Jared Thompson, left and David Steele advanced to the Octofinal Round at the State Debate event. The Vinton-Shellsburg 2017 Debate Team performed exceptionally well at the Iowa High School Speech Association's State Debate Tournament held on the DMACC Campus in Ankeny on January 6th and 7th.

Inspiration for those rendered speechless on Valentine's Day

Well, it's about that time of the year again - that time when men who can normally talk incessantly about just about anything - no matter how insignificant - without pausing to find the right words to say, suddenly find themselves speechless.