VMCU and VMEU Meeting Notes

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 22, 2020 4:43 am

Click to view meetingVinton Municipal Communications Utilities began the meeting last Tuesday evening via Zoom. Sailing through the beginning of the meeting approving minutes, agendas and etc.

Gov. Reynolds launches Test Iowa Initiative

STATE OF IOWA
April 21, 2020 7:09 pm

Today, Governor Kim Reynolds launched the Test Iowa Initiative to expand testing capacity to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Iowa. The state is partnering with Nomi Health and its subsidiary DOMO which has already launched a similar initiative in the state of Utah.

Finkenauer: Iowa Agriculture Won't be Forgotten as We Battle COVID-19

VINTON TODAY
April 21, 2020 3:37 pm

 by Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer There is no family or community in our great state that hasn’t been touched over the last few weeks by the coronavirus pandemic and the economic hardship that has come with it.

Benton County Board of Supervisor Minutes 4/14/20

HAYLEY RIPPEL, BENTON COUNTY AUDITOR
April 21, 2020 2:19 pm

COVID-19 not only is affecting businesses and employees, but it will also affect the budget used to repair roads.As the Benton County Supervisors sat down to their weekly meeting last week, on the agenda was to discuss the budget for secondary roads.

City Council Notes from 4/9/19

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 21, 2020 5:31 am

The Mayor joked that the council was now in their Season 1 and Episode 2 of the City Council on Zoom for the year. As a viewer from home, this is definitely not the way for the council to have to conduct business, but it will have to do for now!The council went through the usual approving of the agenda, looking at the expenditures, and other normal business of the council.

HELLO HOUSE DISTRICT 75 FROM THE STATE CAPITOL!

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, THOMAS GERHOLD
April 21, 2020 1:45 am

Over recent weeks, there have been countless people on internet social sites, the Iowa Board of Medicine, mayors, and even people in the media wanting Governor Kim Reynolds to issue a “Shelter in Place” (SIP) order statewide.

Vinton Police Department Log for Week of April 13-19, 2020

VINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
April 20, 2020 10:35 pm

 All Charges are subject to review by The Benton County Attorney’s Office. An arrest or criminal charge is merely an accusation and the Defendant is presumed innocent, unless proven guilty.

Covid update: Monday

STATE OF IOWA
April 20, 2020 10:35 pm

As of 5:00 p.m. on Monday night, there have been 23 reported cases in Benton County out of the 246 people tested. There has been one death, in the county in of an 83 year old from Blairstown.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING April 21, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

GINA EDLER, BENTON COUNTY DEPUTY AUDITOR
April 20, 2020 3:54 pm

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGApril 21, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.Benton County Board of Supervisors Room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZeN68GRF-E&feature=youtu.

Sunday COVID Update

STATE OF IOWA
April 19, 2020 6:21 pm

Today, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 389 additional positive cases for a total of 2,902 positive cases. There have been an additional 1,214 negative tests for a total of 21,648 negative tests to date, which includes testing reported by the State Hygienic Lab and other labs.