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Article Thumbnail. VSMS 7th Grade Students of the Month were treated to lunch at The Pizza Ranch April 6.

Pizza for the Students of the Month

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.
Article Thumbnail. WE CARE. Birker, Nurse Mgr, wears her commitment to Nursing & Rehab on her shirt.

You’re Part of the Family

               You can hear it in her voice. Nurse Manager Jessica Birker genuinely cares about the people who live at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab.
Article Thumbnail. John Steigelmeyer says it's a thrill each time he flies the plane he built, Miss Underestimated.

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

  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 has ever flown, an RV-7A (wingspan 25 feet; length 20 feet, four inches.
Article Thumbnail. Vinton Librarian Virginia Holsten answers our silly questions.

We just had to ask.....Virginia Holsten

This week’s guest on Vinton Today’s “We Just Had to Ask” is Vinton Librarian Virginia Holsten, who has been working at the local library for a quarter-century.
Article Thumbnail. Mary Simnacher and Linda Rouse serve Trudy Pribbenow.

VGH Nursing and Rehab celebrates St. Patrick's Day

Everybody’s Irish on St. Paddy’s Day !   Residents of Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab were treated to their choice of green beer, punch, coffee and cupcakes during the St.

We just had to ask....Mary Jo Hainstock

We just had to ask…..   ………….VS Superintendent Mary Jo Hainstock  Welcome to a new feature at Vinton Today, where we think about all of the serious issues facing our city, schools, state and country, and for a few very precious moments, virtually ignore them all.
Article Thumbnail. Mike and Carolyn Hibbs enjoy their outings, despite handicaps.

Hibbs do not let handicaps deter them from enjoying wildlife

  Once a year or more, someone offers Mike Hibbs a deal in case he decides to sell his land in rural Vinton He always says no. Hibbs bought the place to keep it in its natural condition, as well as for he and his wife, Carolyn to enjoy.
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New Scouts go camping for the first time!

    Each February the WEBLOS scouts of Pack 47 “cross over” to Troop 47 and are welcomed as the newest patrol – The Dragons.