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Benton County Disaster Coalition Seeking Funds to Help Disaster Impacted Familie
The Benton County Disaster Recovery Coalition is seeking monetary donations to assist families impacted by the August 10th storm. The Coalition responds to multi-dwelling disasters to assist families ...
Mediacom reports fiber cuts, service down but iVinton passes "stress test"
At Tuesday evening's VMCU (Vinton Municipal Communications Utilities) meeting, Dave Fridley of Farr Technologies gave an [upd] on the condition of the iVinton project. During the building of iVinton t...
Burn ban in place for Shellsburg
From the city of Shellsburg: Please share as much of our posts as possible. Not everyone has access to Facebook, if you can relay the messages to your neighbors, family and friends. Current burn ban ...
Storm Damage continues to affect Benton County Residents (Video Link)
Wednesday evening, I took a trip to Van Horne, Keystone and Newhall to capture the damage to those areas. Devastating. Disastrous.Catastrophic. Any of these words sum up the destruction in the souther...
Derecho Storm Impacts Eastern Iowa and Northern Illinois Communities
The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services (EDS) has deployed to
more than 30 counties throughout the Heartland Division due to the recent Derecho
storm. This storm produced hurricane-like cond...
Information for those who have lost their homes
Families who lost their homes in the August 10th storm and are needing shelter are now asked to call the State 211 Helpline Center. People can call 211 or their toll free number:...
Avoid Scams After Natural Disaster
With all the storm damage this week, local citizens are reminded to avoid scams when finding someone to conduct repairs. The first step is to contact your insurance agent. Finding a contractor could b...
Benton County Health Department Reminds Residents to Play it Safe During Cleanup
Many parts of Iowa were affected by a severe storm that swept through the state Monday, causing power outages for hundreds of thousands of people. As utility crews work around the clock to restore pow...
Thank you to the Street Crews, the Electric Crews and Vinton
"You need to write a big thumbs up article about the Vinton City power and roads crew. These guys were out within minutes after this storm passed through while it was still raining. Great Job!"Ok, I'l...
Storm Damage affects Benton County
Vinton faired pretty well in comparison to our neighbors a bit south of us. With power out across the town for over an hour for some, crews were able to restore power. There were no reported inj...