Sometimes the Benton County Fair is just a time to show off your talent. Other times it's a stepping stone to becoming an entrepreneur. For 12-year-old Cole Birker, he hopes to make a little profit from his creation.

At the end of May, a couple of area churches were hit with minor vandalism on a Saturday night. Just in time for parishioners to arrive and see it on Sunday morning.

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As part of Vinton Unlimited's Chalk it Up event on Saturday, young Emry Welper, a local nine-year-old, thought that the sidewalk in front of LaGrange Pharmacy in downtown Vinton.

By Gabby PowerOn June 22-26th, the great Benton County Fair was held at the fairgrounds in Vinton. Vinton-Shellsburg FFA members kept very busy throughout the fair doing a variety of activities.

There will be no outgoing email on either Friday, July 1 or Monday, July 4. The outgoing email service will resume again on Tuesday, July 5th. Information will continue to be added to the website, or if anything urgent comes in it will be shared on the Vinton Today Facebook page.

Tilford Summer Meal ProgramTransportation UpdateWE ARE CHANGING OUR ROUTE TIMES BEGINNING ON JULY 6th, 2022 Pick-Up Locations with TimesKiwanis/Splash Pad = 11:35Park Apartments = 11:40Vinton Public Library =11:45Riverside Park = 11:50 Drop Off Locations with TimesBus leaves Tilford by 12:25VPRD Rec Center/Pool = 12:30Vinton Public Library = 12:35Parks Apartments = 12:40Kiwanis/Splash Pad = 12:45All of the details about the meal program can be seen here.

The Bacon Buddies arrived at the Benton County Fair on Friday bringing participants from the area.  Bacon Buddies was actually first held at the Iowa State Fair.

June 24, 2022The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in special session with Supervisors Seeman and Bierschenk present. The meeting was called to order at 2:35 p.

In June, various FFA members shined in various Career Development Events. On Tuesday, June 14th, 7 members traveled to Kirkwood Community College for Livestock Judging and Floriculture.