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FFA - November 8th, 2022 2:13 pm
By: Co-Reporter, Grace Schminke On Saturday, October 22nd, the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter held its second annual Feed the Farmers event. Members began setting up at their locations around 10 A.M. ...
VINTON TODAY - November 7th, 2022 12:54 pm
A few years ago, before COVID, the Cottage Garden Society was considering how we could contribute some beauty to the community. Several projects were considered, but we voted to make our first offer t...
VINTON TODAY - November 6th, 2022 1:41 am
In 1972 Hope Rogers of Vinton, Iowa, was elected Benton County's first (and only thus far) woman supervisor. Many thought that it was a fluke, until Hope was re-elected in 1976. According to Hope's...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - November 6th, 2022 1:10 am
The trial scheduled to begin on Monday for Tacoa Talley, in the murder of Jodie Bevans has been rescheduled until February 6, 2023.The order was issued on Friday after Talley's attorney, Aaron Hawbrea...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - November 5th, 2022 9:40 pm
It all started when I noticed the impressive changes in Cobb Alley. The Palace Theatre is working to make what was a drab alleyway into an eye-pleasing area. The project is not complete, but the chang...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - November 3rd, 2022 5:31 pm
Shawn Greggory Bendickson, 35, of Vinton, was arrested on three criminal complaints including Second Degree Sexual Abuse a Class B Felony, Lascivious Acts with a Child, solicitation a Class D fe...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - November 3rd, 2022 5:22 pm
Governor Reynolds and other Republican Iowa candidates pulled into Vinton aboard Reynold's campaign bus on Tuesday afternoon. Amidst all of the usual talking points that one would expect from those on...
VIRGINIA GAY HOSPITAL - November 3rd, 2022 12:05 pm
Virginia Gay Hospital Health Care Foundation celebrated those in our community who have made significant impacts in philanthropy, service, and support of VGH at the 2nd Annual Legacy Honors Awards cer...
FFA - November 2nd, 2022 11:54 pm
Each year Northeast District and Iowa FFA officers plan and facilitate Greenhand Fire Up Conferences for FFA members in the Northeast district. Waverly Shell-Rock welcomed FFA chapters from all over t...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - November 2nd, 2022 11:12 pm
Last century, a letter ran in the newspaper supporting then-candidate David Thompson for the Benton County Attorney position. Sometimes we've made statements that no longer ring true today. That was t...