September WOW Newsletter

VINTON TODAY
August 16, 2017 12:00 am

By Rachel Wall Attached you will find your edition of the September WOW newsletter. This edition features: ·Boxed Meals: A Healthier Alternative

Kaestner Seeds team wins VPRD softball tourney

VINTON TODAY
August 16, 2017 12:00 am

The 2017 Vinton Parks and Recreation slow-pitch softball league has come and gone. There were a total of eight teams from Vinton and surrounding communities this year.

2017 Anthony Scholarship awarded to Alyssa Bahr

VINTON TODAY
August 16, 2017 12:00 am

(top photo) From left to right: Don Eells, VGHHCF board member; Robin Martin VGHHCF Director; Dottie Anderson; Alyssa Bahr and Mike Riege VGH Administrator(bottom photo) Dottie Anderson congratulates Alyssa Bahr on receiving the 2017 Anthony Scholarship.

Progress continues on the Vinton Family Medical Clinic Expansion Project

VINTON TODAY
August 11, 2017 12:00 am

Anticipation for the completion of Phase 1 is growing as brick work is being completed and the new entrance is taking shape. That entrance will match the familiar architecture of the hospitals front entryway.

Paclitaxel, pizza and a new definition of "exquisite"

VINTON TODAY
August 9, 2017 12:00 am

After weeks of misery, my aunt recovered enough to visit the military K-9 memorial for the very first time. "Beware of nausea." After a harrowing month which included 21 days in the hospital, two chemo treatments and several days of tolerating an NG tube because of a severe bowel blockage, my aunt improved enough to come home.

Reach Out and Read: Refit group donates $511 to VGH clinic book program

VINTON TODAY
August 2, 2017 12:00 am

Teresa Erger and Refit members presented the VGH Foundation's Robin Martin and Don Eells a $511 check for the Reach Out and Read program at VGH clinics.

Kameron Strong: Racing, wrestling communities rally around boy facing cancer

VINTON TODAY
July 24, 2017 12:00 am

Kameron Roberts passed out trophies at the Independence races, and the driver gave Kameron this trophy. The family of Kameron Roberts is already feeling the support from friends, family and the area racing and wrestling communities, just days after his cancer diagnosis.

Samantha Frost joins Virginia Gay Hospital & Clinics

VINTON TODAY
July 24, 2017 12:00 am

Samantha Frost, PA-C Virginia Gay Hospital and Clinics newest Physician Assistant, Samantha Frost, knows a lot about small town living. She grew up in Gilbertville, Iowa, where her dad runs the Gilbertville Locker.

Kirkwood Event Focuses on Addiction, Concussions, Telemedicine and Vision Therapy

VINTON TODAY
July 24, 2017 12:00 am

Kirkwood Community College's Health 411: A Conference for Health Professionals will take place Friday, August 4. The one-day event will focus on addiction, concussions, telemedicine and vision therapy.

First Human West Nile Virus Case of the Season is Confirmed in Iowa

VINTON TODAY
July 20, 2017 12:00 am

Virginia Gay Hospital and the Benton County Department of Public Health received notice today of the following announcement from the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH).