Benton County Fair Queen Candidate: Harlyn Heitshusen

BENTON COUNTY FAIR
May 28, 2021 6:14 am

Harlyn HeitshusenMy name is Harlyn Heithusen. Daughter of Willis and Cindy Heitshuen. I live outside of Urbana, Iowa, on a horse and cattle ranch with my parents and my two siblings, Hadley and Kendall.

Benton County Fair Queen Candidate: Kailey Bahmann

BENTON COUNTY FAIR
May 28, 2021 6:14 am

Kailey BahmannHey Benton County, my name is Kailey Bahmann. My parents are Scott and Amy Bahmann along with my younger brother Alex Bahmann. I currently live in Vinton and just currently graduated from Vinton-Shellsburg High School.

North Eden Willing Workers

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 23, 2021 8:14 pm

On Saturday, the North Eden Willing Worker performed a community service project as part of their service. The group cleared weeds and brush at the skate center cleaning the miniature golf course area in preparation for another miniature golf season.

Vinton Lions Club welcomes Adam Rodenberg

VINTON LIONS CLUB
May 22, 2021 11:00 pm

Adam Rodenberg ,  Watershed Project Coordinator, presented progress with the Iowa Watershed Approach a Federal Flood Mitigation program and Flood Resiliency project.

Great Success at the 2021 V-S FFA Banquet

FFA
May 22, 2021 5:12 am

Pictured: The retiring Officers with the newly elected officersThe 2021-2022 Officer Team takes their first group picture together after the FFA Banquet.

Vinton Community Foundation Distributes $29,273.00 to Local Organizations

VINTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
May 21, 2021 11:05 pm

The Vinton Community Foundation is announcing the distribution of $29,273.00 in grants to the following organizations serving the City of Vinton.Local Option Sales Tax Fund & Vinton Community Foundation - $23,773.

SHELLSBURG STUDENT WINS 1ST PLACE IN MONEY SMART WEEK POSTER CONTEST

FARMERS SAVINGS BANK & TRUST
May 21, 2021 9:37 pm

Oliviah Doty, a fifth-grader attending Shellsburg Elementary School in Shellsburg, IA has won 1st Place in Community Bankers of Iowa’s (CBI) Money Smart Week Poster Contest.

Quilts of Valor makes presentation to Master Sergeant Whelan

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 21, 2021 4:42 pm

Quilts of Valor has one mission, "to cover Service Members and Veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor." The organization is responsible for presenting 271,408 quilts to service members who have been touched by war.

VFW Kicks-Off the Teacher of the Year Award

VFW POST 8884
May 19, 2021 4:04 pm

Commander Dale Henry of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. Smith-Geater Post 8884 and Auxiliary, announced the kick-off of the VFW’s annual Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award launched in 1999 to recognize classroom teachers for promoting citizenship education.

Vinton-Shellsburg Seniors Receive over $132,000 in Scholarships and Awards

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 19, 2021 3:55 pm

Vinton-Shellsburg Seniors received over $132,000 in scholarship awards at the Vinton-Shellsburg High School Senior Awards Night. The following Scholarships were presented to the High School Senior Class Members.