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VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 28th, 2023 3:27 pm
It's another year in the books for the Angel Tree program. The small contingent of elves behind Angel Tree was able to assist our Benton County area children.LaNette Parker has been in charge of makin...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 28th, 2023 2:25 pm
An online presentation called "Iowa Super - Vision" about the segment of Highway 150 that runs from Urbana to Oelwein can be seen at the following link: https://www.news.iowadot.gov/newsandinfo/2023/1...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 27th, 2023 5:32 pm
Every penny counts and the students at Shellsburg Elementary did a lot of counting! Penny Wars were held between the classes to raise money for Aiming for a Cure Foundation. This organization collects...
VINTON UNLIMITED - December 24th, 2023 11:55 am
Week #4 winner in Vinton Unlimited's Holiday Lights Punch Card drawing is Lexa Speidel! Lexa's name was drawn out of a total of 1,715 cards for the week.Punches could be earned through Sunday, Ch...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 23rd, 2023 11:12 pm
Noel Crawford was the youngest to visit Santa this week. Arriving at only 2 days old she had her picture taken with mom and dad along with Santa and Mrs. Claus.Santa and Mrs. Claus made their travel p...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 21st, 2023 8:21 pm
The business part...Because Christmas lands on Monday, there will be no outbound email on that day...and honestly, probably not on Tuesday. The same will be true on New Year's week. Mostly b...
FFA - December 21st, 2023 7:29 pm
By Gabby PowerThe Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter welcomed Iowa FFA State Officers Lauren Beyer and Annabelle Newton as well as District Officer Creed Monroe to a chapter visit on December 15th, 2023...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - December 21st, 2023 7:28 pm
Victoria Fink who is the director of Abundant Life Ministries in Vinton has been the recipient of some Christmas cheer to pass along to families who could use a hand this year. Since 2010 the Catholic...
VINTON SHELLSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOLS - December 20th, 2023 8:47 pm
The Vinton-Shellsburg school board held its December meeting Monday night. You can always check the full agenda and supporting documents, including a video recording of the meeting online at the Vint...
VINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT - December 20th, 2023 5:48 pm
Last Sunday evening, the magic of Christmas was in the air when the Vinton Police Department teamed up with the Benton County Sheriff's Office, Benton County Conservation, Urbana Police Department, an...