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Lions vote to donate $5K to Palace digital project; hear from VSHS Jazz Band
The Vinton Lions Club held their regular Wednesday meeting at the Pizza Ranch. There were 42 members and 8 guests present.
The Lions Club members discussed a motion to dona...
Central Lutheran holds ground-breaking for new gym
When they won the $100,000 from the U.S. Cellular Calling All Communities fund-raiser, the Central Lutheran School students had help from family and alumni from virtually every state in the na... Virginia Holsten is Vinton Women's Club Woman of the Year
Long-time Vinton librarian Virginia Holsten was extremely surprised and touched when she received the annual Woman of the Year award at the Vinton Women's Club spring banquet on Tuesday,... Quilting Ladies invite Freedom Quilts founder Betty Nielsen to Vinton
Betty Nielsen and her family have comforted thousands of grieving families since Sept. 11, 2001.
Her Freedom Quilts have been on display in the traveling 9/11 Memorial, the Pentagon and t... Vikes of the week: Cara Hoch, Juan Carlos and Michael Lint
The following three Vinton-Shellsburg High School students were named as Vikes of the Week for the kindness they showed others.
Cara Hoch and Juan Carlos (Mr. Vettraino) They have spent t... Vinton resident flies again after years thanks to Windsor Manor Dreams campaign
Gloria McNaughton surprised all the guys at the airport when she showed up for flying lessons at an airport in Texas.
She was only 18, and she was a female.
“We didn’t have m... More photos from a proud Vinton-Shellsburg Jazz Band Mom
Several Vinton-Shellsburg Jazz Band fans, including parents and relatives, students and friends of the performers, went to Des Moines to see the Vinton-Shellsburg Jazz Band play in the State... Resident at Windsor Manor has her Dream Come True!
Last winter, the Team at Windsor Manor got together and asked residents about their dreams with the goal to make them come true. “Windsor Manor’s philosophy revolves aro...
Quilt to raise money for Caleb Stewart's fight against cancer
Cindy Osborn, a customer service representative at Farmers Savings Bank & Trust-Vinton, has made a quilt as a fund-raiser for 13-year-old Caleb Stewart, who is undergoing treatment for ... V-S art students win many top honors at annual WaMaC Art Fair April 13
While the Vinton-Shellsburg Jazz Band was competing in Des Moines, the Art students were also just off Interstate 80, competing in the annual WaMaC Art Fair at Tiffin.
The event takes place in ...