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Tuesday night found me out and about later than I had planned to be. Gripping the wheel of my itty bitty car, okay, it's probably not "itty bitty" it's the size of a normal sedan, I slammed through drift after drift on the highway promising myself if I could just get to town, I'd be smart and check into the hotel and not even think about trying to get home.

Click to view The Vinton-Shellsburg School Board approved an Adjusted 2018-2019 School Calendar at last night's board meeting. This calendar is effective as of February 18, 2019, but is subject change.

  Vinton-Shellsburg High School Semester 1 Honor Roll Christy, Dylan J 12 Clements, Christopher Alan 12 *Coder, Olivia M 12 Cooling, Charley J 12 Diveley, Alexzondria E 12 Funk, Casey J 12 Gilbert, Sean Michael 12 Haisman, Nolan R 12 Hazen, Cassandra M 12 Hendryx, Allissa J 12 Henkle, Eric L 12 Hoepner, Axl C 12 *Horst, Grace L 12 Lindauer, Isaac G 12 *Macovei, Raluca 12 Mauer, Sadie Jean 12 McClain, Cassandra J 12 McDonald, Shelby J 12 Moeller, Makayla K 12 Munoz Garcia-Serrano, Javier 12 Neilson, Colston D 12 Noren, Katelyn M 12 Ortner, Brock M 12 *Patterson, Seth R 12 Petrzelka Gage, Grace EM 12 Phelps, Mercedes J 12 Plower, Fayth M 12 Powers, Weston D 12 Radeke, Brock P 12 Radeke, Luke L 12 Ries, Grant K 12 Rios, Savanna 12 Rule, Madyson F 12 *Schminke, Sarah K 12 Smith, Claire E 12 Spies, Taylor K 12 Steffen, Rebecca M 12 White, Morgan M 12 Wiley, Isaac J 12 Adams, Cynlea S 11 Beyer, Luke A 11 Bodeker, Coralee D 11 Bohnsack, Leah M 11 Cardenas, Amanda M 11 Clark, Haley R 11 *Dudley, Charles D 11 Elwick, Andrew T 11 Elwick, Cyrus M 11 Erhardt, Olivia K 11 Evans, Franki L 11 Evans, Sonnie A 11 Graves, Zandalee H 11 Griffith, Sam N 11 *Haefner, Payton W 11 Hansen, Morgan L 11 *Hazen, Hunter 11 Hendrickson, Joanna L 11 Hepker, Jesse J 11 Herger, Davia M 11 Karr, Cameron L 11 Kramer, Zachary M 11 *Lamont, Lillie R 11 Lane, Kellsie L 11 *Lang, Caroline Elizabeth 11 Lipcamon, Marcus A 11 Moen, Samuel E 11 Murray, Raelyn N 11 Nesler, Kennedy M 11 Novotny, Madison J 11 O'Brien, Katelyn R 11 Pattee, Jordan R 11 Rake, Jace R 11 Reynolds, Alyssa 11 Sasek, Abigail 11 Scheel, Rylee L 11 Schmidt, Gabriel V 11 Schoch, Clark 11 Schoettmer, Ryan C 11 Schulte, Raeleigh J 11 Steele, Catherine Maria 11 Sutton, Taryn L 11 Thomas, Amy R 11 Timmerman, Hanna R 11 *Upmeyer, Lauren M 11 Vinton, Beauregard C 11 White, Jillian P 11 Allsup, Isaac J 10 Almquist, Brayden J 10 Anderson, Joseph Matthew 10 Appleby, Kaylie N 10 Atkinson, Madison N 10 Bahmann, Kailey J 10 Bearbower, Ayden W 10 Brunssen, Alesha A 10 Bunten, Alexis A 10 Carolan, Clarissa S 10 Christy, Kallea M 10 Colsch, Elias D 10 Cornell, Quin M 10 Davis, Marjorie 10 Dickinson, Emma E 10 Dighton, Alexis A 10 Dilley, Gretta E 10 Dilley, Sophia L 10 Erickson, Brooks R 10 Griffith, Kayla M 10 Hansel-Walker, Mackenzie M 10 Hantz, Travis 10 Harrelson, Christina M 10 Hicok, Conner L 10 Howe, Abigail Nicole 10 *Howes-Vonstein, Lucy C 10 Humiston, Katelyn 10 Jeffery, Kyla J 10 Johnson, Brynn N 10 Kalina, Philip J 10 Kalous, Elijah J 10 Kemp, Allison R 10 Lane, Ryan T 10 Lapan-Islas, David 10 Lindauer, Noah J 10 Lindsey, Lucille V 10 Medvedjevs, Kyle J 10 Morin, Gracie 10 Murray, Lauren O 10 *Ott, Keira L 10 Pladsen, Jesse R 10 Powers, Eli W 10 Radeke, Lydia Loretta 10 Rambo, Paige G 10 Redlinger, Maren M 10 Rickels, Caleb J 10 Rippel, Mathew S 10 *Rollinger, Ethan T 10 Sagan, Josephine M 10 Seitz, Katherine F 10 Shipley, Taylor J 10 Shultis, Julia F 10 Sloop, Julius J 10 Stephens, Cameryn E 10 Swayzer, Aza M 10 Swenson, Damon M 10 Tharp, Chloe R 10 Tippie, Preston D 10 Trinkle, Emily Kay 10 Voshell, Jaden 10 Watson, Jax J 10 Wiley, Emma J 10 Williams, Carly E 10 Wirth, Andrew P 10 Yarbrough, Evian C 10 Anderson, Taylor J 9 Andrews, Jordan W 9 Aragon, Zena L 9 *Armstrong, Natalie L 9 Bane, Rachel 9 Bartz, Abby K 9 *Bendull, Carly J 9 Booth, Claire E 9 Brownell, Jordyn M 9 Bullock, Seven M 9 Crane, Hannah R 9 Dlouhy, Cameron 9 Dlouhy, Campbell 9 Elwick, Abigail B 9 Erickson, Caroline S 9 Etten, Kortney K 9 Fett, Kay M 9 Geiger, Alexandria J 9 Goodell, Lexi L 9 Gram, Renee S 9 Guenther, Alex A 9 *Hainey, Ella K 9 Hammond, Michael Benjamin 9 *Hendrickson, Leah M 9 *Hendrickson, Megan O 9 Henkle, Graham E 9 Hyland, Katelyn E 9 Janko, Caleb C 9 Johnson, Charlee K 9 Kingsbury, Kaden 9 Kurth, Kinzley F 9 *Lang, Morgan T 9 Langham, Hayden M 9 Lillibridge, Tess L 9 Mather-Lorenz, Eve Marie-Ann 9 Maynard, Addyson B 9 McDaniel, Emma M 9 McGowan, Hannah G 9 Miracle, Kinzzy A 9 Moen, Gunnar E 9 Mohr, Zoe W 9 Mullinex, Isabel K 9 Neilson, Raeganne D 9 Ortner, Brady J 9 Page, Elsa J 9 Patterson, Brynn A 9 Reeves, Morgan L 9 Richart, Riley A 9 Rippel, Chase M 9 Schulte, Kale L 9 *Smith, Alexis A 9 Sturtz, Dawson P 9 Sutton, Grace L 9 Thomas, Ashlee J 9 Vasquez, Maximo I 9 *Walton, Samantha C 9 Weeks, Bailey M 9 White, Jozee S 9 Yessak, Marissa Jo 9 Zearley, Logan A 9 *BOLD = 4.

We are on a mission to help the families at the Ronald McDonald House! To help them we would like to collect pop tops (the silver openers on top of pop cans).

During winter snowfalls, I know the question on everyone's mind is will there be school and when will they plow the streets. I live in the country so I have taken to staying in town when I know we're about to get hit especially if I need to cover something in town the next day! For the last few weeks, this winter seems like it has been a never-ending round of snowfall.

  February 18, 2019 –The deadline to submit applications to the Benton County Community Foundation 2019 grant cycle is 11:59 p.m. March 15, 2019.

This past Saturday I had the opportunity to pop into the Wesley United Methodist Church Food Pantry (next to the library). The food pantry operates on the 3rd Saturday of every month from 10:00-11:00 a.

Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab is proud to announce that it is on the Iowa National Nursing Home Quality Care Collaborative (NNHQCC) Honor Roll for 2019.

The Semester 1 transcripts are now completed and available on your PS parent portal.  Log-in to your account, select "Document Vault" from the left menu and choose Semester 1 Transcript.