Events And Activities

FREE! One Pint of Tootsie\'s Ice Cream for Red Cross blood donors

FREE TOOTSIE'S DELICIOUS SOFT SERVE...The Vinton Red Cross Community Blood Drive is partnering with Vinton's Tootsie's to have a blood drive on Thursday, June 16, from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m....

Chapter Officer Leadership Training

On May 7th, 2016, the 2016-2017 Vinton-Shellsburg FFA officer team was installed. All of the offices are highly important to the chapter and it’s members and each officer is required to atte...

2016 Party in the Park Parade Saturday, June 25

The 2016 Party in the Park Parade will begin at 5:30 PM on Saturday, June 25th. The route will begin at the Benton County Fairgrounds, located on south 2nd Avenue. The route will come north on 2nd...

VU Annual Golf Tournament July 8

Dust off those ol’ golf clubs! The Vinton Unlimited Annual Golf Tournament is scheduled for Friday, July 8 at the Vinton Country Club. 4:00pm tee time $20 per person Thre...

Ham operators plan public communications demo, June 25-26

Despite the Internet, cell phones, email and modern communications, every year whole regions find themselves in the dark. Tornadoes, fires, storms, ice and even the occasional cutting of f...

Pasture walk to focus on timber pasture improvement

Managing timbered pastures is a challenge to balance between forage production and lumber production. A pasture walk will be held at the Paul Mohlis farm near Fayette on Tuesday, July 12, star...

Benton Co. Relay For Life starts at 6 p.m. tonight in Van Horne

The Benton County Relay For Life of Benton County will be Friday, June 10, at the Benton Community School Track, west entrance, Van Horne. The goal this year is $35,000. Everyone is invited and enc...

Summer Reading Program under way at Vinton Library

The Summer Reading Program began Thursday at the Vinton Public Library. There will be daily activities at 10:30 a.m. Mon-Thursday from June 9th until the end of July. We had a good re...

Open House/Reception for Rev. Dr. Judith Bunyi Sunday, June 12

Wesley United Methodist Church would like to invite you to an Open House/Reception honoring the retirement of Rev. Dr. Judith Bunyi on Sunday, June 12.  The event will be held in the fir...

EatChewAlive: John Schlue art exhibit coming to Belle Plaine

Belle Plaine artist John Schlue will have his work on display in his home town soon. The Belle Plaine Area Museum presents John Schlue: EatChewAlive, the first museum exhibition of Belle Plaine native and Los Angeles-based visual artist John Schlue. Comprised of nine paint...