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Below is a list of all the members of the Class of 2023. Here are photos of the graduates making their way to the front!Video of the ceremony can be seen HERE.Aspen AhrenholzAngela AhrensteinIan AllsupNash ArbuckleLeob Barber IIIPaige BearbowerCheyanne BehmBrayden Bennett-CasaliLandon BierschenkElijah BlixMerritt BodekerClaire BoothBrylee BruceAndrew BrummerKalinda Burkehudson CarolanRyan CarolusJacob ChaseMason CoderJade CootsAnn CornellLaura CornellChristopher DagueLilllia DahlstromAbigail DavisCameron Dawson-FinkBreanna DelayJustyce DominickGracie DruryCole Embry-MeyerMacie EnosCurtis EricksonKail EvansBryleigh FarmerChristopher FlemingTrent FriedenAlexander FunkDarby GlynnJesse GrayAlyssa GriffithElla HaefnerMolly HaismanAydin HallMichael HammondKarli HansonMargaret Henry Paul HergerZoe HobbsLaci HobbsDaniel HughesWilliam JaneyEllery JohnsonKaydan JordanAustin KempPatience KiesRiley KressSophie KreutnerMaya Lapan-IslasSophie KreutnerMaya Lapan-IslasBrai LessigRebekah LindauerLandun MabryGabriel MarzenAutumn McGowanNoel McKennaClayton McKennaNicholas MesaAshlie MeyerSummer MohrDane MooreAustin MosherCaleb MottThor MullinexEmmigin MyersRylee NesheimAnnabelle NewtonElizabeth NoeOwen NovotnyBrant OrtnerKaelyn PettyjohnSawyer RastBenett RickelsAudriana RillingAmanda RitterMontana RocarekJoseph RosonkeJaxson RuleIan SalleeCooper SandersCarly SchlarbaumGunnar SchminkeGrace SchminkeTori SchochTristan SiscoDestiny SlagerBlake SoquetBrynn StaabAustin StillAli StreeterLogan TharpFaith ThompsonKatherine TimmermanReese TruaxCheyenne Van FossenIan VrbaBryce WalkerLogan Watson Katherine WeetsBaylee WheelerIsabell White Jeana WhiteAnson WhiteSteven WichtendahlJoshua WileyRyan Williams T'nyla WilsonCarleigh Wilson Jesse Young But not forgotten:J.

Area high school students will receive the ImpactLife Student Impact Award, given annually to students who have shown exemplary support of our region’s blood supply. The Student Impact Award Program recognizes the many ways students can support the blood supply: as donors, advocates, volunteers, and blood drive coordinators. Recipients of the Student Impact Award have completed one of the following activities while in high school: donated blood at least six times, recruited at least six new blood donors, or have hosted a local blood drive.

Grant Will Help the Library Work with Residents with Disabilities on increasing access to library servicesThe Vinton Public Library has been selected as one of 240 libraries to participate in Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities, an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility resources to small and rural libraries to help them better serve people with disabilities.

The Vinton Community Foundation is announcing the distribution of $36.963.00 in grants to the following organizations serving the City of Vinton.Vinton Community Foundation & Local Option Sales Tax Fund - $30,963.00Old School Produce Partners-Purchase sunshade for the high tunnel (shelter growing structure) and construct a wall to protect the harvest from the elements.

In support of Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Awareness Month, Colton Stewart's race car is on display in front of Virginia Gay Hospital. This message is close to Colton and his wife Korina. Like Colton's race car, life has bumps and bruises, but help is available!The VGH staff are wearing green, the color of mental health awareness. Help to end the stigma and spread the word that everything is going to be okay! Talk about it and everything will be okay.

The Vinton Public Library is starting an exciting new season of strategic planning.  Strategic Planning is an essential part of the delivery of library services in our community and is one of the many standards of accreditation required of us through the State Library of Iowa.  Please take a moment to complete the following questionnaire, which helps us assess the success of our VPL 2020-2024 plan; watch for another survey this summer which will kick off the data collection portion of developing our VPL 2024-2028 plan.

On May 1 the Webster County Recorder's Office assisted a resident with questions about a confusing letter they received, which was quickly identified as a scam and reported to local law enforcement.The letter claimed to be from “County Deed Records” with false information about the recipient’s home warranty expiration date. The letter also contained a “renewal fee voucher” for $199, which resembles a check and requests immediate action to call or be left vulnerable to repair costs.

Volunteers are needed Thursday afternoon to unload the HACAP truck, Friday to set up for the Wesley Mobile Food Pantry Vinton, and on Saturday morning for the food distribution. Thanks to the many volunteers that help make our food pantry successful.For neighbors who are needing food, the doors open up at 10:00.

While Mother Nature has been the most unforgiving thing this season for the races at the Benton County Speedway the ladies behind the Candy Dash have been hard at it again. What once was a small event has turned into breaking records and bringing smiles to the kids at the local speedway.This year's Candy Dash event will be held June 4th and the plan is to toss over 1500 pounds of candy this year.

 “One thing becomes clearer as one gets older and one’s fishing experience increases, and that is the paramount importance of one’s fishing companions.” – John Ashley CooperIf you're a small child and your dad wants to go fishing with you, the request might bring an eye roll or a "do we HAVE to?" But when dad is older and he really wants to go fishing just one more time, you move heaven and earth to bring that wish.