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No Email on Good Friday
There will be no email from Vinton Today on Good Friday. Enjoy the Easter weekend with your family, and we'll catch you again on Monday!Happy Easter!...
Vinton Unlimited stops to welcome Hoi Sinh Thrift and Consignment
Vinton Unlimited stopped in to welcome owner Alan Peterson of Hoi Sinh Thrift and Consignment to downtown Vinton.The shop offers some retail, consignment as well as thrift items in the store. (Ladies... Drive Your Tractor to School Day - A Giant Hit!
By: Co-Reporter, Grace Schminke On March 22nd, 2023 the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter hosted their annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day event. This year the chapter had their biggest turnout with ... Awww Hail...NO!!!
Tuesday night in Vinton got a bit dicey with the storms passing through the area. Hail hit Vinton in all kinds of sizes. In the area next to the middle school there was marble-sized hail while just a ... Car show in Downtown Vinton
An old tradition is returned for race fans of The Bullring.What used to be an annual event to kick off the season at Benton County Speedway, the annual car show on the streets of downtown Vinton made ... Vinton Aquatic Club holds Raffle Fundraiser
The Vinton Aquatic Club is holding a raffle that benefits all of the kids in the club. The group is selling raffle tickets for a 65" Samsung
4K Crystal Ultra
HD Smart TV. Tickets sell:1 for $5 ... It was just a dumpster fire
A dumpster fire began behind Vinton Family Dentistry on Sunday afternoon. The fire was large enough to send black plumes of smoke into the air to alert area residents. The fire was easily extinguished... Tornados hit Benton County on Friday, more severe weather incoming on Tuesday
UPDATED:A note from Benton County Emergency Management sent an update on today's weather expectations. "This morning’s update includes some potential timing for the storms. Still predicting a signif... I-380 and U.S. 20/218 to include nighttime closures beginning on April 24
Anoter closer to be aware of in the Waterloo area:Nightime lane closures on I-380 from the west U.S. 20/U.S. 218 interchange to the east U.S. 20 interchange in Black Hawk county begin on Monday, April...
CPSC Issues Life-Saving Tips to Millions as Deadly Tornadoes Impact States
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is aware of the vast devastation caused by the deadly tornadoes that swept through multiple states over the weekend. With another round of severe wea...