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Unleaded 88 Retailers Kick-Off 44th Annual Pink at the Pump® Campaign

 Participating retailers to donate 3¢ of every gallon of Unleaded 88 sold during the month of October to National Breast Cancer Foundation and The Hormel Institute Over 70 Iowa fuel retail ...

Parade, Coronation and Powder Puff Game Tonight beginning at 6:00 p.m.

It's time for all of the Homecoming fun where the community participates a little more!The Homecoming Parade will begin tonight at 6:00 p.m. following the usual route down 2nd Ave.Following the Parad...

Operation Backpack receives donation from Quaker/Pepsi

Nearly 2000 pounds of food was donated to Operation Backpack which operates out of Tilford Elementary. The food was donated by Pepsi and Quaker Oats, who donates about 3 times a year. Several members...

Top 5 Announced for Vinton Shellsburg's Homecoming Court

2019 Homecoming Court Top Five selected at Vinton Shellsburg As homecoming week crosses the midway point the following students were named to the top 5 slots in the Homecoming Court.Ladies in Waiting, Left to Right: Frankie Evans, Alyssa Reynolds,&nb...

See You At the Pole Event brings Vinton Shellsburg Students Together

Area students participated in the See you at the Pole Event this morning at the High School An event which started in early 1990 in Burleson, Texas still happens today.Vinton Shellsburg High School Students gathered at the flag pole to pray for friends, family  the school and those in ...

V-S High participates in Voter Registration Day with Auditor Hayley Rippel

Benton County Auditor Hayley Rippel talks with students about registering to vote A bit of competition between school districts surrounds a drive to register students to vote this year. Hayley Rippel, Benton County's Auditor went to the high school to register students to vote as ...

Warning: Do NOT turn down 72nd St. in Southern Benton County

The Supervisors meeting started with the usual conversation from the supervisors but one of them, Tracy Seeman said, "You would not believe the people that I've had to pull out of the dirt road this ...

Students leave class to hold Climate Strike

This group of Vinton Shellsburg students participate in Climate strike on Friday Friday morning, September 20, at 9:20 a.m. a group of 13 Vinton Shellburg High School students walked out as part of the "Global School Strike on Climate" movement.One of the moms present at the event...

Homecoming Week Begins!

The Top Ten are announced to start off Homecoming Week It's Homecoming week in Viking Land and Monday kicked off the excitement with the announcement of the Top 10 Queen and King Candidates: The Ladies In Waiting: Davia Herger, Raelynn Murray, Alyssa Rey...

Laurel W. Ebert Home No longer MIA

Pvt. Laurel William Ebert no longer MIA but home Flags were ordered at half staff across the state in honor of Pvt. Laurel William Ebert's return to Iowa. Ebert was listed as missing in action November 26, 1942, but will forever be a 28 year old ma...