Samantha Bevans Sentenced to Life in Prison

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
June 15, 2024 11:07 pm

Samantha Bevans was found guilty of First Degree murder in the death of her stepmother Jodie Bevans. Sentencing was held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 14.

Lawsuits promised, One Delivered to Benton County

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
June 14, 2024 11:51 am

In the Benton County Supervisor Meeting held on May 28, 2024, former Benton County Attorney, David Thompson said, "you have more lawsuits out there that are pending, that you haven't disclosed to the public yet," and "How many more lawsuits do you want? Because you know you have more out there that the public's not aware of.

Nathan's Miles Glow Trail puts Vinton on the Map

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
June 13, 2024 8:52 pm

Nathan's Miles Glow Trail has certainly been a bright spot in Vinton. On June 9th, a Facebook page called, "Iowa Road Trip" gave a glowing review of Vinton's trail.

Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Shows Skills in Summer

VINTON TODAY
June 13, 2024 2:05 pm

By: Co-Reporter, Sophia NewtonThe Vinton-Shellsburg FFA members have spent weeks preparing for various state and district contests. The competitions were held at the Kirkwood and Iowa State University campuses.

Benton County Fair Activities June 13-23 (Fair Book)

BENTON COUNTY FAIR
June 13, 2024 12:47 pm

Vinton-Shellsburg July Menu

VINTON SHELLSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
June 13, 2024 11:45 am

Severe weather expected on Thursday

BENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
June 12, 2024 4:44 pm

The complete packet is below. The following information is typed out and included for the seeing impaired. â— Confidence is high in the time being within 2-10 PM● The primary risks with severe storms are large hail and damaging winds, some of which may be significant ● Also Thursday will bring 95-100 ° heat indices south of U.

City of Vinton Job Opening - Building Custodian

CITY OF VINTON
June 12, 2024 4:15 pm

Building CustodianThe City of Vinton is accepting applications for the position of part-time building custodian for City Hall. The job is approximately 10 hours per week.

Vinton Public Library completes program with Libraries Transforming Communities

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
June 12, 2024 1:16 pm

Recently, the Vinton Public Library successfully completed a transformative project funded through the  Libraries Transforming Communities  (LTC) program by the  American Library Association  (ALA).

Shellsburg Saves historic Gold Medal Flour Mural

SHELLSBURG AREA COMMUNITY GROUP (SACG)
June 11, 2024 10:00 pm

The Shellsburg community came together in an effort to save this historic Gold Medal Flour Mural, in downtown Shellsburg. Artist Ed Callan of Ed Callahan Signs Unlimited and his friend Jeff King of Palo began the preparation for repainting the mural on Tuesday of last week and had started repainting the Gold Medal Flour Mural in downtown Shellsburg on Thursday, May 30.