VFW Auxiliary announces Fair quilt winner, plans Jr. Auxiliary group

JEANETTE HENRY
July 31, 2014 10:41 am

Smith-Geater VFW Ladies Auxiliary 8884 of Vinton would like to thank everyone that stopped by our booth. The winner of the Quilt was Kim Draker of Shellsburg.

Area students graduate from U of I

VINTON TODAY
July 30, 2014 11:43 am

Approximately 5,000 students received degrees from the University of Iowa at the close of the 2014 spring semester. Area students receiving de

Fourth Street Diner News: July review and August menu

4TH ST. DINER
July 30, 2014 11:43 am

The 4th Street Diner meal on Sunday, August 3rd, will be Baked Chicken, Mashed Potatoes/Gravy, Corn, Mandarin Oranges, Cake, WW Bread, and Milk.

100 +1: Bethlehem donates to Below 100 Initiative

BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH
July 29, 2014 8:31 am

On Sunday, July 27th, Bethlehem Lutheran Church presented the seventh gift of $101 to the Below 100 initiative. Below 100 was conceived to attempt to reduce law enforcement deaths.

Did you know this about the American Legion: MIAP

BRAD ANDERSON, AMERICAN LEGION POST 57
July 29, 2014 8:31 am

(Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles designed to share information about the American Legion) The American Legion has teamed up with the Missing in America Project (MIAP), to seek out what could potentially be tens of thousands unclaimed cremated remains (cremains) of veterans who served in wars throughout the past century.

The Fair, in pictures

VINTON TODAY
July 28, 2014 9:21 pm

Soon, we will receive the information about who won what ribbons and trophies at the 2014 Benton County Fair. But today, we are happy just to share with you some of our favorite photos from last week.

PMX donates more than $20K to Eastern Iowa Honor Flight

GEORGE RICKEY, EASTERN IOWA HONOR FLIGHT
July 24, 2014 8:32 am

Eastern Iowa Honor Flight today was presented with a check for $20,050.89. This represents funds raised by the employees of PMX and their members of the United Auto Workers, PLUS, a match by the company.

Jaymes Harr among 2014 Bellevue graduates

VINTON TODAY
July 24, 2014 8:32 am

Jaymes Haar of Belle Plaine is among the list of 813 graduates who received degrees in 2014 from Bellevue University in Nebraska. Bellevue University proudly acknowledges the accomplishments of students who have earned degrees from January through June 2014 - 813 total, including 247 graduate degrees and 566 bachelor's degrees.

CP Historical Society plans plans trip to Sullivan Museum

RICH HANNEN
July 24, 2014 8:32 am

Once and future Victory Gardens were the topic of a talk by Ellen Skripsky at the Center Point Historical Society Depot Museum Sunday, July 20.  Skripsky, a longtime Linn County Master Gardener from Cedar Rapids, comes by her gardening skill naturally.

AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20 Corps Member Spotlight: Bukola Egbaiyelo

SARAH WILLIAMS, NCCC
July 23, 2014 7:54 am

Bukola Egbaiyelo, from Washington, D.C.,  is serving on team Cedar  6 in AmeriCorps NCCC Class 20. She arrived in Vinton on February 11 to start her 10-month service term.