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

VINTON TODAY
April 13, 2010 8:59 am

  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 forces.

Scouts help Garden Club at Ray House

VINTON TODAY
April 12, 2010 11:11 am

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.

FFA Labor auction brings tribute to retiring advisor Duane Fisher

VINTON TODAY
April 9, 2010 1:46 pm

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 you for 37 years of service.

Studer-Close Engagement

VINTON TODAY
April 9, 2010 8:05 am

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.

Mr. & Mrs. Nick Perreault

VINTON TODAY
April 8, 2010 10:04 am

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.

Flynn-Studer Marriage

VINTON TODAY
April 7, 2010 10:49 am

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.

Pizza for the Students of the Month

VINTON TODAY
April 6, 2010 2:59 pm

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.

You’re Part of the Family

VINTON TODAY
March 30, 2010 10:34 am

               You can hear it in her voice. Nurse Manager Jessica Birker genuinely cares about the people who live at Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab.

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

VINTON TODAY
March 30, 2010 8:27 am

  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.

Easter tradition occurs early at VGH Nursing & Rehab

VINTON TODAY
March 29, 2010 2:22 pm

  VINTON, IA — Girl Scout Brownie Troup No. 6081 received an unexpected treat at the end of their Virginia Gay Hospital tour on Tuesday, March 23.