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7th Annual Deck the House Contest runs through this Weekend

Vinton Parks & Recreation Department will be conducting their Deck The House contest through Sunday evening. Take the kids on a tour of the entries and see which ones you think should be the winners! The 7th Annual "Deck the House" contest includes houses within the Vinton City limits.
Article Thumbnail. Santa welcomed shoppers at Fareway on Tuesday as he rang the bell for the Salvation Army

Santa Assists with the Salvation Army

Santa stopped by on Tuesday to ring the bell at Fareway. He's a great supporter of the Salvation Army's effort to raise money during the Christmas season! He greeted shoppers, young and old with his jolly ho, ho, ho!On Wednesday, the Sheriff's Department took a turn ringing the bell and greeting shoppers as well.
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Enjoying the snow on a little sledding hill

The parking lot at Harvest 365 Church looked like a giant had scooped out a bite of the earth and left a perfect little mountain behind. The guy responsible for plowing the parking lot pushed the snow into one almost-mountain-sized pile in one corner, and turned it into the best sledding hill anyone under five-feet-tall had ever seen.
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Light Freezing Rain Tonight Then Turning Windy - Tie down the Christmas Displays

Winter Weather Advisory in effect for Freezing Rain.Key Messages ●A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for parts of eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois from 6 PM today until Midnight Wednesday ●Light freezing rain is possible this evening along and north of a line from Cedar Rapids to Maquoketa to Mt Carroll IL.

Cancellations for Tuesday, December 9 through Wednesday December 10

Please check this post for updates throughout the next 24 hours.Benton County RepublicansDue to the weather advisory beginning at 6 p.m. tonight for possible ice, we have made the decision to cancel this month's Benton County Republicans meeting.
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Angel Tree to be in contact with recipients next week

The  Benton County Angel Tree Program is busy helping the elves at the North Pole. Beginning on the 15th, the program will begin making calls to parents to let parents and guardians know the day and times for them to pick up gifts for their children.

Communities receive $980,000 from Alliant Energy and Alliant Energy Foundation

Friends of the Urbana Public Library received a $1,000 grant for the Gears of Learning program to focus on Workforce Readiness as part of grants awarded to 159 organizations across Iowa and Wisconsin In its third and last Community Grant cycle of the year, Alliant Energy and the Alliant Energy Foundation awarded over $980,000 to various causes and nonprofits across Iowa and Wisconsin.
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H2 Pizza hosts event to Support Local Veterans

As part of Veterans Day, three area businesses honored our local heroes and raised funds for the George G. Luckey American Legion Post 57!  H2 Pizza offered a 10% discount to veterans as a way of thanking them for their service, but they didn't stop there!   They also donated 50% of the proceeds from the night to the Legion from the products sold that night.
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