Lions Club Presentation

VINTON LIONS CLUB
November 4, 2021 11:56 am

Anthony Church and students presented a program on Strength Training and Speed Work available to 6th, 7th and 8th-grade students in the Vinton Shellsburg School District.

Vinton Lions Club Makes Improvements to Lions Field

VINTON LIONS CLUB
November 3, 2021 5:28 pm

 Vinton Lions Club 100th Celebration activities included upgrades and improvements to Lions Field. Fifty years ago this year Vinton Lions built and opened the community’s slow-pitch softball field.

Just a note about Tuesday

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
November 1, 2021 12:27 pm

Tomorrow I will be working as an election worker which means, today's email includes a mega list of everything you need to know about the election. Usually, my phone rings on election day with questions about where to vote, who's running in whatever precinct, etc.

Trick-or-Treaters make the rounds in Downtown Vinton

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 30, 2021 3:59 pm

The traditional Vinton Parks and Recreation downtown Halloween event took place Saturday, as hundreds of children dressed in creative costumes and played games on the courthouse lawn followed by a parade through the downtown to visit area businesses.

Iowa DNR Woodruff shares information at Kiwanis Club about Dudgeon Lake area

VINTON TODAY
October 29, 2021 10:33 am

Steve Woodruff, of the Iowa Iowa River Wildlife Unit branch of the DNR,and wildlife management biologist for our area, spoke to the Vinton Kiwanis Club on Tuesday.

Benton County Volunteer Program in search of Volunteer Drivers

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 28, 2021 9:57 pm

The Benton County Volunteer Program has quietly operated in Benton County since 1974. Originally the group was known as RSVP, Retired Seniors Volunteer Program.

This is why we can't have anything nice

VINTON TODAY
October 28, 2021 5:40 pm

A second theft occurred this week from one of the area businesses. An area thief thought that it was okay to steal the hat off of the scarecrow at Michael & Dowd.

Vinton Lions Club donates to Vinton-Shellsburg Boosters

VINTON TODAY
October 27, 2021 12:47 pm

Vinton Lions Club donated $3,000 to the Vinton-Shellsburg Boosters. During the high school football season, Vinton Lions Club sets up the food trailer at the VS Karr Athletic Complex providing hand-cut tenderloins, funnel cakes, potato bites and sno-cones.

Scouting for Food delivers donations to the Vinton Food Pantry

VINTON TODAY
October 26, 2021 8:25 pm

The "Scouting for Food" collection was held this last Saturday and benefitted the Vinton Food Pantry.  As of September, the food pantry has been able

FRIENDS OF CENTER POINT LIBRARY NEEDS ‘WINTER WARMERS' FOR LIBRARY GIVING TREE

FRIENDS OF THE CENTER POINT LIBRARY
October 26, 2021 4:43 pm

Corral your credit card, capture your crochet hooks, and k-nab your k-nitting needles—Friends of the Center Point Library needs winter hats, mittens, and scarves for the Library Giving Tree.