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Carlson Shares with Vinton Kiwanis his Brazil Trip to visit Farmers there

Brian Carlson shares his experience visiting farms in Brazil Brian Carlson, a Benton County farmer, was able to be part of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Brazil Market Study trip in 2020. Carlson said that he has wanted to visit Brazil for decades, so he appli...

DECAT/CPPC helps law enforcement "Catch" kids doing good

Tyler Brandt, Deputy Sheriff/ School Resource Officer Benton Co. Sheriff’s Dept. The local DECAT / CPPC group Flourishing Families have donated sports equipment which included footballs, soccer balls, volleyballs, basketballs, playground balls and Frisbee disks to the Benton and I...

American Legion Retires Flags

Craig Streeter and Post Commander Ron Albright drape flags set to be disposed of. The George G. Luckey Post 57 American Legion held their annual flag disposal ceremony on Monday evening which was also Flag Day. All of the flags set to be destroyed were the stars and stripes except ...

Lions Trailer to be downtown Vinton, Thursday, June 17 and at Party in the Park

Vinton Lions pays the annual fees for Vinton Boy Scouts Troop 47 charter since 1932, many now Lions Vinton Lions have paid the annual fees for the charter of Vinton Boy ScoutsTroop 47 since 1932. Over the years, many Scouts have gone on to becomeactive members of the Vinton Lions Club.Vinton Lions C...

World Record Candy Dash brings kids to the track

(The first 3 Photos by Jim Wittke) First, we got to brag about Vinton's Nathan's Smile glow trail was the longest glow trail in the United States (maybe the world). Now Vinton can add to that popularity sweetening it up with a world re...

Wildlife visits area home

A baby deer, separated from its mother on Sunday morning, waited for its mother to return Sunday morning the Pohlmann family who live a block north of Tilford Elementary were surprised to find a fawn resting in the shade of their garage.  After calling a neighbor called the DNR and with i...

Benton County Community Foundation Distributes $100,270 to Local Organizations

The Benton County Community Foundation announced $100,270.61 in grant funding to 19 projects of organizations serving Benton County as part of its 2021 grant cycle. The Community Foundation will ...

Faith in Action provides needed help around the community

or refinishing railing Blessed Hope Church has made it a practice to lend a hand around the community for the last several summers. This week found the congregation at several locations throughout the county.Thursday and Fr...

Benton County Disaster Recovery Coalition Continues Responding to Derecho Damage

Benton County Disaster Recovery Coalition continues to meet each week to address recovery challenges from the August 10, 2020 derecho, one of the worst storms in United States history. The Coalition, ...

Solar Project Meeting June 10 6:00 p.m. Palo Community Center

There will be a public meeting June 10 at 6 p.m. at the Palo Community Center for us all to submit questions for NextEra to answer publicly. You can either attend in person or tune in via th...