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Homecoming under way; seniors paint banners, parking lot
Homecoming 2018 is under way for Vinton-Shellsburg. Seniors began the week by painting banners which will be hung in area business windows. (Other students will paint windows Monday after school.)
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Homecoming under way; seniors paint banners, parking lot
Homecoming 2018 is under way for Vinton-Shellsburg. Seniors began the week by painting banners which will be hung in area business windows. (Other students will paint windows Monday after school.)
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Fairgrounds Facelift: Benton County is among finalists; voting begins Wednesday
The project “Electric Outlets for Fans in the Horse Barn” is one of 15 finalists in Grinnell Mutual’s Fairground Facelift initiative. With votes from Facebook fans, Benton County Fair could receive a ...
Idiot Jam reunites musicians from many states in Garrison
[caption id="attachment_23789" align="alignleft" width="300"] Todd Frank rehearses a song with a harmonica player before the Idiot Jam Saturday in Garrison.[/caption]
The Annual Idiot Jam filled Fa...
Thank You, Officers
If there's one thing that makes me angry fast, it's when someone tells me that the police are bad.
I don't want to hear it.
I have no time for it.
This weekend, our little town sent our a...
Idiot Jam reunites musicians from many states in Garrison
[caption id="attachment_23789" align="alignleft" width="300"] Todd Frank rehearses a song with a harmonica player before the Idiot Jam Saturday in Garrison.[/caption]
The Annual Idiot Jam filled Fa...
Fowler faces several charges following shooting at Officers
ON 09-07-2018, THE VINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FOR A WELFARE CHECK AT 705 C AVE IN VINTON IA. THE REPORTING PARTY INDICATED THAT THEY BELIEVED LYLE ARTHUR FOWLER JR, AGE 43, OF 705...
Vinton Police Respond to Disturbance at C Ave. and 8th St.
Police are on the scene of a disturbance at the corner of C Avenue and north of 8th St.
Witnesses report fighting and multiple shots fired.
The Vinton Police Department and the Benton County She...
Fowler faces several charges following shooting at Officers
ON 09-07-2018, THE VINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FOR A WELFARE CHECK AT 705 C AVE IN VINTON IA. THE REPORTING PARTY INDICATED THAT THEY BELIEVED LYLE ARTHUR FOWLER JR, AGE 43, OF 705...
Planning for Vinton 150th under way; meetings set to gather local history
The 2019 Vinton Sesquicentennial Committee is partnering with the Benton County Historical Society to gather information on the last 150 years of Vinton’s history.
“We are looking f...