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Shellburg house damaged by fire being torn down

The Shellsburg house damaged by fire back in August, is being torn down today. Area fire departments from Shellsburg, Urbana and Palo responded to the house fire in Shellsburg . The house was lo...

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

Front-Henry Powers, Tyson Fleshner Back: Riley Davis, Sunshine Gray, Natalie Tecklenburg Congratulations go out to the Union High School Vocal Music department on their outstanding showing at All-State auditions on Saturday October 26th in Hampton. 4 UHS vocalists were chosen to perf...

Halloween events kicked off on Saturday

Capturing the joy of the morning in one little girl's face as the trick or treaters covered downtown I think we should invent more holidays that require children to be brought downtown just so we can all recharge our batteries with the smiles and cuteness that little children have. Saturday was one ...

Thank a First Responder, TODAY is their day!

Governor Reynolds was joined by police, fire, emergency medical services, search, rescue and other first responders and Department of Public Safety Commissioner Steve Bayens as she proclaimed today, ...

Bramow recognized for 45 years of service to Benton County

Rick Bramow recognized for his 45 years of service in Benton County Benton County held its annual employee recognition/training day on Thursday, October 24th, 2019 at the Vinton Skate Center in Vinton. Among those recognized was Ricky (Rick) Bramow, with 45 years of ...

VSCSD Superintendent Receives Statewide Recognition

Mary Jo Hainstock, superintendent of the Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District, was a finalist for the 2019-20 Iowa Superintendent of the Year award sponsored by the School Administrators of Io...

Harvest Meals hosted by North Eden Willing Workers 4-H club

The North Eden Willing Workers 4-H Club is providing Harvest Meals to area farmers this fall.The North Eden Willing Workers 4-H club will be serving $5 sack lunch harvest meals at the ...

CHARGES FILED ON VINTON WOMAN FOR EMBEZZLEMENT OF NEARLY $300,000.00

 Kelly Banghart of Vinton, charged with embezzling nearly $300,000 from Ervin Motors On September 23, 2019, the Vinton Police Department was contacted by Ervin Motor Company in Vinton regarding suspicious activity in their business checking account. A subsequent investigation ident...

Vinton One Book, One Community

Erin Monaghan & Kim Fischels of Just US welcome participants at the book discussion Monday night The first-ever Vinton One Book, One Community Discussion was held at Tilford last night and a great discussion occurred from a variety of community members.  Bree Housley’s book We Hope You...

The former Hardee's building taken down

The final take out order for Hardee's fit in the last dumpster after a long day of demolition Monday was a long day for those tasked with taking down the former Hardee's building. It was thought that the building would be taken down weeks ago, but with anything, there was a hold up with appro...