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Primary Election officially in the box, again

Benton County Auditor Hayley Rippel and Deputy Auditor Gina Edler conduct the Post Election Audit The Primary Election is officially over, and the post-election audit of the Eldorado-Newhall precinct completed. Following the election, one precinct is randomly [sel]ed by the Secretary of State to v...

Help kids in the community by donating books for babies to teens

On Saturday, June 13, 2020 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Bring new or gently used books to the Virginia Gay Hospital or any community library in the county.  Simply drive up to the drop off loca...

Vinton-Shellsburg Continues to offer meal service to children

The Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District remains committed to doing all we can to meet the needs of our students and their families. One way we can do that is to offer FREE meals...

Gates to part with plants and flowers, wanting to help you grow your garden

For the next few weeks, Dave Gates will be saying goodbye to some of the things he's spent a lot of time raising, plants. He says that rather than just throwing everything away, he thought that maybe ...

Primary Voting happening Today

Voting in this year’s primary is going to be so much different, or has been so different already. In the last Presidential primary election year around 300 absentee ballots had been sent out. T...

Shellsburg Library now Open

We are so excited to announce that the Shellsburg Library will be open again starting Monday, June 1 at 10am!The library has determined to operate under “yellow” status. Yellow status means s...

Americorp in Vinton to help alleviate food crisis across the state

Last week Governor Kim Reynolds announced that the state will be providing $3.5 million in funding to support projects like "Pass the Pork" food program. This program was organized to help farmers sen...

Oh deer!

You never know what you'll see inside the city limits, but usually this is not one of them! Sera Seely was quick to snap this photo while riding in the car with her mother along the 600 block of 8th Street on Friday afternoon. The two were out to find bargains at a garage sale when this baby...

Birthday breakfast with Lillie, Carli...and Mo!

So yeah, today is my birthday, and it started out pretty nice with our weekly talk with Lillie Lamont, Carli Lang and Carli's sister Morgan who joined them in New Jersey last night.It's a short talk, ...

Middle School Teachers Send the Class of 2024 off for the Summer

Always the teacher...Congratulations, now don't forget what I taught you! Teachers have had to come up with all sorts of ways to continue education when the classrooms closed this year. They also needed to create new memories for the children after the usual activities were...