Events And Activities
Iowa Cover Crops Conference to be held in West Des Moines
West Des Moines, IA – The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS), Conservation Districts of Iowa (CDI), and the Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC) will hold the Iowa Cover Crops Conferen...
VPRD Bingo returns this weekend
The Vinton Parks & Recreation Department is excited about hosting another great season of BINGO at the Vinton Skate & Activity Center. Our first event date is this Sunday, January 25 from ...
VS Band Soup Supper set for this Friday, Jan. 23
Come out and support the VS Band program and boys basketball teams this Friday, Jan. 23 and VSHS High School. The band will be hosting their annual Soup Supper while the basketball teams com...
Speaker to share story of Iowa\'s \'Underground Railroad\' in Vinton, Feb. 14
Cedar Rapids storyteller Darrin Crow will be sharing "Iowa's Underground Railroad" on Saturday February 14 at 2:00 pm at the Ray House at 912 First Ave., Vinton. Darrin’s presen...
First VU After 5 of 2015 set for Iowa Braille School Tonight
After Hours events are back for 2015 and we are going to kick off the fun at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School!
There are some really cool things going on at the histori...
CP Library Friends regroup after being frozen out; plan tea party
The regular meeting of the Center Point Friends of the Library was called off because of wind chill January 8 and the group enjoyed the warm hospitality of the Center Point Pizza Place for a mornin...
FOTSI to host Microchip event January 24th
Friends of the Shelter is hosting a microchip clinic Saturday, January 24
Time: 11am-3pm
Where: FOTSI Adoption Center; 211 West 4th Street, Vinton
Cost: $20/cat and $25/dog
... FFA Veterans Benefit Pancake Breakfast set for Jan 31, at VSHS
On January 31st, 2015 the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter will be hosting a Veterans Benefit Pancake Breakfast, to support local Veterans.
The breakfast...
Shooting sports training meeting set for Jan. 21
4-H Safety Education and Shooting Sports will be having an organizational meeting at the Linn County Extension and Outreach office, 383 Collins Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa on January 21, 2015 at 6:...
Donate Blood at Virginia Gay Hospital on January 16th
The next chance for you to give blood is January 16th. Donating blood is safe, simple and it saves lives! It takes just one hour to make a life-saving blood donation, which will impact the lives of...