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Election information: City Elections Candidates & Public Measures

023 City/School Election will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Polling places will be open on Election Day from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Information about voter registration is at the bottom of th...

Settlement reached in the Atkinson case against the county

In a document request by Vinton Today, the request for information on all settlements in the county since January of 2022, there was only one other case where the county settled. Many of you have aske...

MISSING PERSON ALERT!

UPDATE: Dorothy was found on Sunday driving in LaClaire. Thanks for sharing!The picture is of Dorothy Hoffman along with a picture of a car that is like the one she is driving.---This missing person a...

City Council: Drainage, Ditches and Oopsies, Wrong Aggregate

At Thursday night's Council meeting(s) the council heard a couple of requests during their work session. One was to purchase a tiny sliver of land that the city inherited as part of the Braille School...

Boy Scouts to collect food donations, October 28

On Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, the Boy Scout Troop and Pack 47 distributed door hangers at residences all over Vinton with instructions for donating to this year's Scouting for Food e...

Vinton Public Library offers Email Newsletter to keep you in the loop!

The best way to stay up to date on our many programs and services, or to find the list of new books added to our collection is to subscribe to our electronic newsletter To subscribe, email l...

Make sure you are VoterReady for the upcoming City-School Election!

The City-School Election is getting closer by the minute and it's time to make a plan to vote if you haven't done so already.  Your local representation matters. They make the decisions in your s...

Annual Veteran's Day Assembly November 10

Vinton-Shellsburg High School’s Student Senate announces its annual community-wide Veterans Day assembly. This assembly will take place November 10th at 9 a.m. in the middle school gym. All communit...

Shellsburg bridge ribbon cutting November 16

The community of Shellsburg is excited to announce a bridge ribbon cutting ceremony to be held on Thursday, November 16th at 3:30 pm.   The Sells Street bridge has served the community ...

V-S FFA Celebrates Personal Growth at Pork BBQ Degree Ceremonies

Vinton-Shellsburg FFA members are very blessed to have many supporters. The Commons was full at Pork BBQ. V-S FFA Celebrates Personal Growth at Pork BBQ Degree CeremoniesBy: Co-Reporter, Izzie Birker On Monday, October 16th Vinton-Shellsburg FFA chapter and guests came together to honor all of the de...