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Vinton Food Pantry Receives Donation from Knights of Columbus

Pictured: Craig Ollinger, Rob Levis, Judy Neal, Elaine Bearbower and Greg Walston The Vinton Food Pantry received a donation from the local  Marian Council 3893 Knights of Columbus in the amount of $700. The money will go toward the purchase of supplies for the pantry. On...

Garrison Cemetery Annual Meeting, April 4

The Garrison Cemetery Association annual meeting will be held at the Garrison Public Library on April 4 at 2:00 PM.All Shareholders are invited to attend this meeting.Any questions can be directed to ...

Pinwheels: A Symbol of Prevention

In 2008, Prevent Child Abuse America introduced the pinwheel as the new national symbol for child abuse prevention. Why? Because by its very nature, the pinwheel connotes playfulness, joy, a...

Vinton Community Foundation Accepting Grant Applications

2024 VCF Directors Tami Stark, Vinton City Council; Kyle Koeppen, Vinton-Shellsburg Community School; Robin Martin, Vinton Unlimited; and Debra Wilberg, Farmers Savings Bank & Trust. Vinton Community Foundation is now accepting grant applications. One hundred percent of your tax-deductible contributions are used for the betterment of the Vinton community.The Vinton Community Found...

V-S FFA Advances Through District Convention

V-S FFA members before District Convention. By Co-Reporter, Juliana LuisSaturday, March 9th was a day to put in the books for the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter. The morning of the District Convention was tense as members practiced their competi...

Iowa House sends bill making illegal immigration a state crime to governor

By Robin OpsahlHouse lawmakers sent a bill making illegal immigration a state crime in Iowa to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk Tuesday.Senate File 2340 was approved on a vote of 64-30. The bill would m...

City Council Meeting starts rough, but sails through a variety of business

The Vinton City Council met on Thursday night in regular session. On the top of the agenda was the approval of a Class B retail alcohol license for Kwik Trip Inc., Class C retail license for H Squared...

MATT KINGSBURY OF VINTON-SHELLSBURG IS IOWA SECONDARY PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR

Matt Kingsbury, principal of Vinton-Shellsburg High School, has been named the 2024 Iowa Secondary Principal of the Year by School Administrators of Iowa. Kingsbury expressed, “It is a great honor ...

Water Conservation order issued for those in Dysart

The Poweshiek Water Association has implemented a MANDATORY WATER CONSERVATION ORDER for those in the Tama and Amana water systems which include Dysart."PWA regrets the need to ask the publi...

Plans for a "pocket park" in downtown Vinton

An artists rendition of the proposed Pocket Park in downtown Vinton The Vinton City Council heard a presentation from a subcommittee of Vinton Unlimited last Thursday night. The group proposed plans to build a "pocket park" in the area where Clingman Pharmacy used to ...