Events And Activities

It takes All Types

Only 38 percent of the population is eligible to give blood and of that, less than five percent actually donate. LifeServe Blood Center is committed to providing the right blood product to the rig...

Breast Cancer Survivors to meet March 14

We will meet Monday, March 14 at 5:30 p.m. for dinner and conversation at Windsor Manor in the dining room.  Free will donation for the meal. Reservations not require...

Heart of Mary Cluster sets Holy Week Mass schedule

The Holy Week Mass schedule for the parishes of the Heart of Mary Cluster is as follows: Holy Thursday, March 24-Mass of the Lord’s Supper-7:00 p.m.-St. Mary, Urbana Good Frida...

Art Guild plans 'Fun Meeting' March 1

The Vinton Guild of Fine Arts members will hold their monthly Fun Meeting at the Lincoln School (behind the library) on Tuesday,  March 1st, at 6 p.m. We will work on a group Zentangle with D...

Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt to move to new location this year

The Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt, which has taken place at Riverside Park for a half-century or longer, will continue this year, but in a new location.  "This year we are going to have it...

McDonald's mascots to attend Rodgers Park Easter Egg Hunt

Ronald McDonald and the other well-known McDonald’s Restaurant mascots will join the Benton County Conservation Department and the Ehlingher’s Vinton Express crew for the annual Easter...

Pancake Day: Kiwanis to serve breakfast at annual event March 5

The annual Vinton Kiwanis Pancake Day takes place Saturday, March 6, at the Skate Center. The breakfast is one of the organization's main fund-raisers for the year. Serving begins at 7 a.m. an...

FOTSI plans golf fund-raiser

FOTSI has partnered with Iowa Humane Alliance and Shellsburg Lion's Club to host a golf tournament May 15 at The Wildcat in Shellsburg.   What does the event include? A golf e...

Vinton Night with the C.R Roughriders set for March 12

The annual ‘Vinton Community Night’ at the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey game is now less than a month away and tickets for the event are now on sale at two convenient Vinton locatio...

Ten Years and Still Loud and Still Very Proud

The 10th Annual Boomtown Vinton presented by Veridian Credit Union, celebration is happening on Saturday, August 27th…10 years? 10 Boomtowns? That will mark 10 years that I’m sure, fo...