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Meet the Americorps Team Leaders: Erin Hurley

  Who’s Who of AmeriCorps NCCC Class 17 By: Brittney Green   Today’s spotlight is Erin Hurley who hails from Delaware, OH.  Leading Oak 7 this year, Team Le...

We salute our American Legion

  I would like to publicly recognize and thank Vinton’s George G. Luckey American Legion Post #57 for the wonderful tribute they pay our deceased veterans and their families. Wh...

National 4-H Livestock Event Placements Announced

  Iowa 4-H teams took high honors at several recent national judging events, according to Mike Anderson, 4-H agriculture program coordinator with Iowa State University Extension. The W...

Vinton journalists bring home INA awards

Kyle Webb     There was a rare absence for a Vinton-Shellsburg basketball game Friday evening. The familiar cap and camera belonging to Cedar Valley Daily Times/Vinton Eagle sports editor Josh...

I\'m dreaming of a...sidewalk!

Benton County Courthouse surrounded  on all sides by the huge piles of snow Just a few local photos taken by Wesley McElwee following the snowstorm this week...shots to put in the scrapbook for sure! ...

My Selfless Neighbors

  Russ Hupfeld and John Schoettmer are two of the best neighbors a person could ask for. Last spring a big limb fell off the tree in my front yard and John came over, cut and cleaned...

Upper Iowa University Announces Fall 2010 Dean's List

  Upper Iowa University names its 2010 Fall Dean's List. To be honored, the undergraduate must have earned a minimum 3.50 GPA for the semester and be enrolled as a full-time student. A...

Art Wilson to celebrate 90th Birthday

Art Wilson celebrating 90th Birthday Sunday January 23, from 1-3 p.m. there will be a 90th  birthday party for Art Wilson, at Windsor Manor, 1807 W 5th St., Vinton If you can't attend we are also having a card showe...

We just had to ask... Sara Stueffen, D.D.S.

Sara Stuefen, D.D.S., answers our questions   We just had to ask….Sara Stuefen, D.D.S.     The newest dentist in Vinton hates washing big pots and loves a triangle-shaped Swiss candy bar (we Googled it) and...

\'Who are the people in your neighborhood\'...AmeriCorps

We sometimes see the "kids" come through town from Americorp and might wonder what it is they do, and what they accomplish.  Here's a link to some of the fun times they have toge...