Be The Change Presents Check to Gifts of Hope

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 7, 2019 3:46 pm

Be The Change presented a check to the Gift of Hope Foundation on Wednesday evening. Gifts of Hope is a fund created to provide free mammograms and diagnostic services to those who need financial assistance to pay for a clinic visit, testing, co-pays, and diagnostic analysis of those tests to determine next steps, as well as Pap tests and/or pelvic exams.

Craft Beer Tasting Festival brought a Variety of flavors to the Library

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 7, 2019 6:51 am

A warm Saturday afternoon found the library lawn buzzing with the Craft Beer Tasting Festival on Saturday. For the 2nd year in a row, the Library has hosted the event as a way to boost library resources and to have a little bit of fun with the community.

Tootsie’s Ice Cream and More donate to Pink Heals

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 6, 2019 8:31 pm

Tootsie’s Ice Cream and More takes their ability to sell ice cream and turn it into another cool idea.They take the opportunity to support local organizations.

Volunteers Needed!

VINTON UNLIMITED
August 6, 2019 12:53 pm

Our sesquicentennial celebration is right around the corner! Since the announcement of the celebration, numerous people have offered their assistance with projects if needed (sure makes your grateful for small town living!).

Sesquicentennial Parade Update….

VINTON UNLIMITED
August 6, 2019 12:53 pm

Our sesquicentennial celebration is right around the corner, I hope you have your parade floats ready! There is still time to sign up if you’d like to take part in the float contest for the parade on Saturday, August 17.

Legion Open House to Thank the Public

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 6, 2019 8:36 am

The Vinton Legion held an Open House on Saturday to thank the public for all of their help and donations to repair the Legion Hall. After several months of being out of commission, the building is back to its former self with the memorabilia back on the walls and in the display cases.

Iowa Corn Producers Association/US Cargo Control assist area Farmers

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 5, 2019 9:23 pm

The “Know before you Go” event sponsored by both the Iowa Corn Growers Association and  US Cargo Control, was held last week to assist farmers with the information they need to operate safely as they transport agricultural products throughout the state of Iowa.

Long Gone Items Returned “Home”

BENTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
August 5, 2019 10:24 am

A chemise (an undergarment like a slip) circa 1860’s and a wedding dress from 1905. What do these items have in common? They were recently donated to the Benton County Historical Society from far away!The chemise was sent from the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, Arizona.

HELP! THE MINIONS ARE HERE!!

VINTON TODAY
August 5, 2019 10:21 am

Pat Morrow, the minion-maker, has a sign made from a wood pallet in her kitchen. It reads, “You are never too old to do goofy stuff.” The whimsical minions she and her husband Dave have created show that she lives by that saying.

Amos Jellison Cold Case still a mystery 38 years later

VINTON TODAY
August 2, 2019 10:04 am

It began in the fog, at the beginning of August 1981. Daryl Jellison called authorities in the middle of the night, to tell them he had received an anonymous phone call from an older man at around 1 a.