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Vinton Lutheran Home Receives Halloween Visitors

Tilford Elementary students reach out to residents of the VInton Lutheran Home Thursday morning and into the early afternoon, students from Tilford Elementary went for a short walk to the Vinton Lutheran Home. Dressed in their Halloween costumes, the students made their way to t...

BCEM addresses area Kiwanis Club

At Tuesday's Kiwanis Club meeting, Scott Hansen of Benton County Emergency Management spoke to the club concerning his role and how the closing of the Duane Arnold Energy Center will affect the budget...

Legion holds Flag disposal Ceremony

American Legion George G. Luckey  Post 57 holds Flag Disposal Ceremony Legion members and Scouts honored worn flags with a solemn retirement ceremony on Wednesday night.Since 1937, the American Legion has helped honor worn American flags with a solemn disposal-by-burning...

Attention Golfers: The 19th hole has been located!

Have you heard the stories about finding things stashed in the walls of a house only to be found during the remodeling by a new owner? Or owners removing the wallpaper to discover signatures or the da...

City receives second Development Proposal for IBSSS

Kord Sellers of BWT LLC has submitted a second proposal to the City of Vinton for its consideration.  According to Sellers the City has a notice posted at City Hall asking for competing proposals...

Trump Train brings 95 vehicles at the Start Line

The Trump Train boasted more than 100 cars to the event as well as several well wishers to the route Saturday afternoon found the town of Van Horne buzzing with several pickups decked out in Trump flags of every kind. While pickups were in the majority, there were also sports cars, minivans, suvs and...

School District adds COVID-19 Dashboard to Website

To keep students, staff, parents, and the entire community aware of how COVID-19 is impacting our district, we have implemented a COVID-19 dashboard to deliver vital information while protecting the p...

Vinton Lions Club presents check to Vinton Parks and Recreation

Vinton Lions make contribution to VPRD The Vinton Lions Club recently presented a $500 donation to the VPRD.The money was raised by the Lions Club Food Trailer during this years Farmer’s Market. Lions Club presenters included Charlie Gar...

5 Union High School Musicians honored at Iowa All-State Auditions

L to R in pictureSeated-Matthew CarlsonSarah Michael, Sunshine Gray, Tyson Fleshner, missing Gabriel JesseCongratulations go out to the Union High School Vocal Music department on their outstanding sh...

AmeriCorps in 2020: An unpredictable year with unprecedented results

 AmeriCorps Partnership for Protecting Children (APPC) is a small AmeriCorps program that many have not heard of. In Iowa, about a dozen APPC members work with local Community Partnership fo...