"Rock It Back to the 80s" with Boomtown this Saturday, August 24

VINTON UNLIMITED
August 18, 2024 9:43 pm

**Make a Day of It in Vinton, Iowa!****Saturday, August 24, 2024**Enjoy a fun-filled day with live music, arts & crafts, free axe throwing, pedal cars, Civil War reenactors, great food, and the best fireworks in the Midwest!**8 AM**: Kiwanis “Bring the Noise” 5K (111 E.

Shellsburg American Legion - Saturday Breakfast

SHELLSBURG TODAY
August 15, 2024 8:13 pm

The Shellsburg American Legion Saturday morning breakfast is held each Saturday. The hours are 8 - 10 am.  Click here  to download the breakfast menu (PDF).

Books & Cooks: Tailgate Edition: Saturday, September 7th

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 15, 2024 8:00 pm

Love books? Love to cook? Join us for Books & Cooks: Tailgate Edition at the Library. Choose a book from our collection and prepare a dish inspired by the book.

Annual Benefit Ride for VSU United Special Olympics-Saturday, August 17th 2024

VINTON TODAY
August 15, 2024 8:00 pm

Mark your calendars for our Annual Benefit Ride for our local Vinton Shellsburg United Special Olympics Team!  All PROCEEDS REMAIN WITH OUR LOCAL VSU TEAM!!!Don't have a Motorcycle, No Problem.

Vinton Public Library Read-Aloud Book Club August 13, 1:30 p.m.

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 9, 2024 11:49 am

The Vinton Public Library offers a Read-Aloud Book Club at the Lutheran Home Assisted Living Center in Vinton. Connie, our Library Assistant, reads aloud for an hour from a book chosen by the group.

Benton County Conservation presents "Cicadas!" August 13 10:00 a.m.

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 8, 2024 12:07 pm

Benton County Conservation will be presenting "Cicadas!" at the Vinton Public LIbrary. Join us on Tuesday, August 13 beginning at 10:00 a.m. to learn all about cicades.

Strawberry Storytime with the Bookmobile August 12 & 16

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 7, 2024 9:10 pm

Join the Vinton Public Library for a special Strawberry Storytime with the Bookmobile. The library will be providing strawberries, cool whip and Nilla wafers while we read a portion of the book, "Strawberry Girl," by Lois Lenski and other fun stories.

Benton County Conservation: The Wild World of Wolves & Bears August 8

VINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
August 6, 2024 10:26 pm

On Thursday,  August 8th beginning at  6:00 pm, Benton County Conservation will hold a presentation at the Vinton Public Library.  Swing by the library for a howling good time learning about the wild wolves and bears of the upper Midwest.

Former NFL Player AJ Harmon to be in Brandon

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 6, 2024 10:05 pm

"When you walk with God, the impossible becomes possible!" AJ Harmon a former NFL football player with quite a lengthy history of playing the game, will be in Brandon on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at 2:00 p.

Way back to the beginning at the Center Point Museum, Sunday, August 18

CENTER POINT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
August 5, 2024 12:12 pm

Retired State Geologist of Iowa, Ray Anderson will give a free presentation entitled, “The Geological History of Linn County: From the Origin of the Earth to Today.