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TTT donates items to area preschools

Sharyl Rupert of Happy Time and Susan Lent of TTT pose with items the club donated recently. The Vinton Chapter of TTT participates in monthly community outreach projects to support those who serve our community.  Here, TTT member Susan Lent (right) and Happy Time Child Development ...

Proud but anxious parents watch trio of 2005 VSHS graduates serve in military

2005 V-S grads Josh Brewer, Daniel Greaser and Kyle Brewer continue to serve as soldiers, leaders.   Like all other military parents, Steven and Christine Brewer and Jim and Linda Greaser of rural Vinton are proud of their sons, and nervous about their children’s future in the armed for...

Scouts help Garden Club at Ray House

Cub Scouts and their families helped the Garden Club with spring cleaning at Ray House. Vinton Cub Scouts and their families helped a handful of Vinton Garden Club members do their annual spring landscaping clean-up at Ray House on Saturday. "Boy did the Cub Scouts make our job eas...

FFA Labor auction brings tribute to retiring advisor Duane Fisher

Duane & Duane, together at auction block one last time: Johnson sells Fisher at FFA labor auction. Money, according to the old cliché, talks. Thursday night, money in the form of well over a dozen area farm families and businesses, told Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Advisor Duane Fisher "Thank...

Studer-Close Engagement

Laura Studer and Jonathan Close Dean and Christine Studer, Vinton are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Christine to Jonathan Nathaniel Close, son of Dean and Valerie Close, Brandon. Laura graduated from the...

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Perreault

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Perreault Camille Ione Studer and Nicholas Lloyd Perreault were married on July 25, 2009 in an outdoor ceremony at the home of the brides parents in Vinton. The double ring ceremony was performed by Audra...

Flynn-Studer Marriage

Mr. & Mrs. Seth Studer Nicole Nevart Flynn and Seth Francis Studer were married on June 5, 2009 at the Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts. Paul Dixon, friend of the bride, performed the double ring ceremony. The brid...

Pizza for the Students of the Month

VSMS 7th Grade Students of the Month were treated to lunch at The Pizza Ranch April 6. The Students of the Month at Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School enjoyed the traditional reward: Pizza. On Tuesday, April 6, the students and two teachers enjoyed lunch at The Pizza Ranch. VSMS traditio...

You’re Part of the Family

WE CARE. Birker, Nurse Mgr, wears her commitment to Nursing & Rehab on her shirt.                You can hear it in her voice. Nurse Manager Jessica Birker genuinely cares about the people who live at Virginia ...

Miss Underestimated: Local pilot Stiegelmeyer says flying is always a thrill

John Steigelmeyer says it's a thrill each time he flies the plane he built, Miss Underestimated.   He steps on a thin bar behind the left wing, and then onto a thin black pad near where the wing meets the fuselage, then onto the seat as he squeezes into the cockpit of the smallest plane he ...