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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
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...
Things that HAVE to be said, apparently
Vinton is getting ready to start some of the Annual events around town. We have Party in the Park coming up next week, which will be a blast, as usual. During that there will be the Pink up the Pace 5...
Van Horne Community Cleanup Day
In coordination with the Benton County Disaster Coalition, Volunteer Iowa's Disaster Program Officer Michael Rojas and the Habitat for Humanity of Iowa Mobile Response Team participated in a Van Horne... Four injured and one arrested following UTV accident on Friday Night
On 6-4-2021, at about 8:45 PM, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a UTV accident with multiple injuries at Patten’s Campground, 5454 22nd Ave, Vinton IA. The UT...
Swim Camp hosted 4th-8th Grade Students from area School
The Vinton Aquatic Club combined with the Vinton-Shellsburg high school boys and girls teams to host a swim camp for the 4th-8th graders at the Braille School Pool last week. The participants arrived ... Vinton Lions Club distributes 48 trees to area residents
Vinton Lions Club distributed 48 trees through the Trees Forever grant program to Vinton-Shellsburg area residents. Trees Forever care about the environment, our rural lands, the communities we live i... Vinton Lions Club celebrates 100th Year July 6
An annual Vinton Lions service project is a springtime read-a-long event at Tilford Elementary School. Lions member read to, or read to by, eager young scholars.Sometimes it's a dad or mom or grandpar...