Ash borer found in all Iowa counties but one

IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
April 2, 2024 11:45 am

By Jared StrongEmmet County in far northern Iowa is the lone remaining county in the state with no confirmed presence of a beetle that kills ash trees, according to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship.

State Auditor Rob Sand Releases a Report on the City of Atkins

IOWA STATE AUDITOR
April 1, 2024 2:12 pm

Auditor of State Rob Sand today released a report on the City of Atkins for the year ended June 30, 2022. The City’s receipts and disbursements for the year ended June 30, 2022 totaled $4,127,331 and $4,171,701, respectively.

HACAP serves Benton County

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 1, 2024 11:46 am

In 2023, HACAP servied 1,763 people in 912 Benton County household between October 2022 and September of 2023. Low income households received $874,790 in direct assistance and an estimated market value of $540,000 in food assistance.

Benton County SART launches Poster Contest

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 1, 2024 11:45 am

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the Sexual Assault Respons Team (SART) is holding a poster contest.The theme for this year is, "Standing up For Friends, Consent, Healthy Relationships, Boundaries.

IDOT Program helps to install Speed Feedback signs around town

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
March 29, 2024 3:46 pm

It's probably been a couple of weeks ago that an eagle eyed reader spotted the new poles going up around town. Now you can see the new signs that have been installed along Highway 218 and Highway 150 as you enter Vinton.

Easter Services and Activities in Vinton

VINTON TODAY
March 29, 2024 12:25 am

Vinton Area Ministerial Association Holy Week Services will be as follows:The public is invited to brief Holy Week 7:00 a.m. worship services Monday through Thursday, and at 12:00 noon on Good Friday.

NO ONE IS A GOOD DISTRACTED DRIVER

IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
March 28, 2024 11:53 am

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. April 1-8, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) is partnering with law enforcement across Iowa to curb the alarming and unsafe trend of distracted driving.

Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Members Bring in the Old and New Tractors!

FFA
March 28, 2024 11:34 am

By: Co-Reporter, Izzie Birker  On Tuesday, March 19th members of the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter brought in some of their old and new tractors for the annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day.

Paint Iowa Beautiful awards American Legion George G Luckey Post 57

PAINT IOWA BEAUTIFUL
March 27, 2024 4:17 pm

Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful have announced the 2024 grant recipients for the Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The longstanding partnership provides free paint to a wide variety of public service and community betterment projects throughout Iowa.

Final slate of Primary Candidates for Benton County June Primary

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
March 27, 2024 1:49 pm

The final paperwork has been submitted for the open Benton County offices in 2024. The deadline to file was 5:00 p.m on Friday, March 22, 2024.If you are a registered Democrat or Independent but would like to vote for one of these candidates in the primary, you will need to change parties to Republican in order to vote.