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Vinton Community Foundation Awards Old School Produce and Be You Bravely

Vinton Community Foundation with one of the Award recipients Be You  Bravely The Vinton Community Foundation presented Old School Produce Partners—a 501-c-3 Non Profit with a grant on Monday August 3rd, 2020 to assist with the costs of running the garden which grows and dist...

Vinton Adventists Community Opens in New Location

The Community Services provided by the local Seventh Day Adventist Church has moved to a new location. Now found at 5071st Ave, next door to the Benton County Extension Office, the organization gives ...

Are you ready to Party in the Park?

Vinton Parks and Recreation under the guidance of Matt Boggess is going to blow your socks off again this weekend for Vinton's abbreviated Party in the Park. This Saturday, August 1, beginning at...

Party in the Park Vision of the Future

The little guy in the orange was feeling the beats during Empty Pockets at Party in the Park Party in the Park was definitely a much smaller and shorter event this year. Social distancing circles were mapped out across Riverside Park, and limited vendors served the crowd of between 150-200 re...

High-Voltage Transmission Structures and Lines to be inspected by Helicoptor

ITC Midwest released information to inform the community that they will be conducting aerial patrols of high-voltage transmission structures and lines throughout its service territory from approximate...

Vinton Lions Club Appoints New Officers

The Vinton Lions Club held an installation ceremony for the 2020-21 offiers on Wednesday Wednesday afternoon the Vinton Lions Club appointed new officers for the 2020-2021 year.The Lions Club is a service organization working in the Vinton Community. You can see them often in the Lions Cl...

COVID-19 update 7/30/20

Benton County As of 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, Benton County cases of COVID have reached 120 total cases since March. Of the 120, 84 have recovered, leaving 35 active cases in the count...

Legion sends out Thank You to Donor

A big THANK YOU to Dana Henanhan for her generous donation of $1200 to George G. Luckey Post 57. She is visiting from Virginia at her Uncle Wilbur Corcran Jr.'s house. Upon hearing that the Legion had...

Iowa Department of Ag issue guidance on disposal of Unsolicited Seed Deliveries

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig confirmed today that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is aware that individuals in Iowa have received unsolicited seed shipments from Chi...

Horst shares Update on the Vinton Palace

A new walk up window is one of the additions at the Palace, but this too won't be used anytime soon. "I can't tell you when we'll reopen" Marcy Horst manager of the Vinton Palace Theater began her remarks to the Vinton Kiwanis Club.Celebrating 20 years this year, the Vinton Palace has been a story of...