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Pine Wood Derby: Scouts receive trophies for fastest, most creative racers
Pack 47 Cub Scouts held their annual Pine Wood Derby on Saturday. Winners were: Keyan Cook, Tigers; Miles Neblung, Wolf; Travis Bender, Bear; and Ian Vrba, Webelo 1. Scouts were also honor... V-S FFA receives Superior Chapter Award at District Convention
On March 14th, 2015, fourteen Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter members attended District Convention at the Benton Community High School.
While at Districts, the chapter was r... Bistline\'s to celebrate 61st Anniversary
Don and Virginia Bistline, of rural Brandon, will be celebrating their 61st Anniversary on March 21st.
The family is asking that family and friends please consider sending them a card with...
Statons celebrate 50th Anniversary
Norval and Helen (McNeal) Staton were united in Holy Matrimony on March 27, 1965 at the Assemlby of God church in Vinton.
Their friends and family would like to honor them with a Golden 50th An... Caitlin Kruckenberg earns King Scholarship from Cornell College
Caitlin Kruckenberg of Garrison, Iowa (52229), was presented Cornell College's most prestigious scholarship, the King Scholarship, on Wednesday, March 11.
The King Scholarship is a four-ye...
FEMA Corps Continues to Help New Jersey Recover from Sandy
By: Kelsey Nunn
Spruce 1 was sent to Colts Neck, New Jersey to assist FEMA Region 2’s Closeout Processing Center (CPC) back in December 2014. They have spent the last 14 weeks helping FE... NCCC-FEMA Corps team reflects back on latest project
By: Christina Wilbert & Katherine Radam
Hickory 3 has spent the last few months serving with FEMA in Arlington, Virginia. As they are wrapping up their project the team has begun to reflec... VINTON GARDEN CLUB NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 2015
March 2, 2015
The Vinton Garden Club, member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., District II and Central Region met at 1:00 pm at the home of ...
Samantha Wenndt to help at the AIPACPC in Washington D.C.
Samantha Wenndt, a sophomore from Keystone, Iowa (52249), was one of thirteen students from Iowa State to be selected to work for Precision Meetings and Events Inc. to help with the American Israe...
Riley Ries receives President\'s Scholarship at Ashland University
Riley Ries of Vinton, has been accepted to Ashland University for the fall semester of 2015 and will receive the President's Scholarship for $11,000 annually to attend Ashland.
Ries is a se...