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Saturday found the Vinton Fire Department collecting funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association with their "Fill the Boot" campaign. Residents were able to donate to the fund by dropping a donation in the boot of local firemen who volunteered to collect the donations. The group were at the intersection of C Ave. and 4th St. on Saturday morning.

A fundraiser has been set up to help pay legal fees of the dog owners who intend to fight to keep their pets. If you would like to donate, the dog owners would appreciate it. Updated:Residents who own Pitbulls in the city of Keystone, were served with a Notice of Infraction and ordered to remove their dogs within 3 days, on the Friday afternoon of Labor Day weekend.

When you're a little girl just along for the ride, sometimes "Waiting is not Easy!"  Nova Feltis visited the Vinton Public Library with mom this week and just couldn't wait to get home to read her library books.

Next week will be a little different (due to circumstances which I cannot control, but will no doubt tell you about later). There will be no outbound email each day at 11:45 a.m. like many are used to. My electronics will be feeling terribly alone during the day and no doubt I will be shaking from not being online.I will return at approximately 6:30 p.

Vinton residents will be able to dispose of the old items sitting around the house during Vinton's Fall Cleanup Days. From 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on Octobers 1-2, Vinton residents are welcome to bring items to the old brush dump (the first right outside of town north of the bridge).Cost: (Cash Only) $5 per load$5 TVs and Electronics$5 Propa

Thank you to the George G. Luckey Post of the American Legion in Vinton for providing a needed service to the community. A service that many will not need often, but when you do, the Legion members can help you out. When worn-out, tattered or flags that had touched the ground need to be disposed of with dignity, a retirement ceremony is necessary. The ceremony for disposal was approved by the Legion in 1937.

The best wood choppers, sawyers and crosscutters squared off in the Timber Sports competition, judged Tuesday, August 16, at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.Complete results followAxe1) David Cox, Oskaloosa2) Lucas Monson, BooneLadies Bow Saw1) Erin Hefner, Urbandale2) Sandy Stoner, Fremont3) Landra Reece, SolonOne Woman Cross-cut1) Sandy Stoner, Stoner,

Men from across the state entered their prized whiskers in the Beard Growing contest held Tuesday, August 16, at the 2022 Iowa State Fair.Complete results below:Longest Beard1) Marc Van Donselaar, Pella2) Harold Stephenson, Center Point3) T Bear, AnkenyBest Groomed1) TIE Dakota Rundlett, Vinton1) TIE Jacob Moser, Danville2) TIE Scott Law, Des Moines2) TIE Tim Smith, Cambridge3) Dan Kilker, MarshalltownMost Unique1) Justin Kraber, Knoxville2) Dakota Rundlett, Vinton3) Marc Empson, AmesMost Historic1) Tim Smith, Cambridge2) Gary Pusillo, Marshalltown3) Jerry Landgril, NewtonBest Design with Costume1) Tim Smith, Cambridge2) Justin Kraber, Knoxville3) Mp Vos, Des MoinesThe contest was part of “Rural Americana Olde Tyme Competitions” in Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall.

This year the Iowa State Fair hosted 213 youth from 63 counties to participate in the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Skillathons for dairy, meat goat, sheep and swine. Each skillathon team was comprised of three individuals and included five stations where youth worked together to solve problems and identify dairy, meat goat, swine or sheep production components.

This last Memorial Day, while taking down the many flags at the area cemeteries, the Legion members found 20-40 flags that were faded, frayed or torn and that needed to be disposed of. The Vinton Lions Club purchased 10 flags to help replace some of the retired flags. If you would like to help the Legion to replace old and tattered flags, you can contact Craig Streeter or mail a donation to the local American Legion, P.