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Quotes for Good: State Farm office helping local family with daughter's medical

Quotes for Good is an opportunity to give back to others in our local community by working through the local State Farm office. With feedback from people surveyed on Facebook the Frye family was chos...

Ordering Drugs on the “Dark Web” for Resale Results in a Decade in Prison

Vinton Man Ordered Multiple Shipments of Drugs, Including a Shipment of More than a Kilogram of Very Pure Methamphetamine            &nbs...

Vinton Public Library to Close over the Holidays

The Vinton Public Library will be closed on December 24th through the 26th, and also on January 1st.  Be sure to check out enough books to get you through the holiday!...

Kacena Farm Hosts Santa

Kacena Farm has finished up another successful year. For the 3rd year, they have hosted children of all ages as well as Santa himself. Children were able to have popcorn and cookies&nb...

Soup, Santa and tons of fun at the Urbana Fire Department

Soup and Santa was held at the Urbana-Polk Twp Fire Department in Urbana.  On Sunday a fundraising event to support the Visioning Committe in Urbana was held. Funds raised will go to the impro...

Arnold Motor Supply makes donation to Angel Tree

'Tis the season for giving and Arnold Motor Supply reflects that. This year the store made these donations to the Angel Tree project for Vinton and the surrounding area. Working to put smiles...

Kersten Light Display Never Gets Old

One of my favorites of all the displays, for some reason it just makes me chuckle! When you have all the kids piled into the car, secured in their car seats, but you have time to kill, about a half an hours worth, and you DON'T want to do something that requires a half hour o...

VS FFA Fruit Sales

On December 11th, the VS FFA fruit was delivered. At 7:00 am the first semi came and was unloaded with the help to the Fareway workers delivering it and a couple FFA members. Around 8:00 that same da...

Kiwanis are Making sure that 3rd Graders have the Last Word

Vinton Kiwanis club provides dictionaries to 3rd graders at Tilford Elementary. Every year, the Vinton Kiwanis club makes sure that every 3rd grader owns their very own dictionary. This year was no exception. Mrs. Hyland, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Karr and Mrs. Rodman's,&nbs...

Things you should do for your 70th birthday

The first thing you should do for your 70th birthday is help with the first graders at Tilford Elementary, at least if you are Harold Knaack, that's what you should do. Before the first grade...