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Riverside playground, Ninja Zone to open at 5 today
The Vinton Parks and Rec Department has announced that after much work and many rain delays over the past month, the Riverside Park playground area and Ninja Zone will open at 5 pm. tonight.
All ar...
American Legion in Search of World War I Memorabilia for event
The American Legion, is seeking the help of the community in gathering any World War I era memorabilia.
If you have photos from World War I veterans, maybe of relatives that served, that you would ...
Tourist Group visits Vinton for a Meal and Tour
[caption id="attachment_24370" align="alignleft" width="433"] Rev. Phillip Borleske presenting at the train depot.[/caption]
Woosley Tours, headed by Lavanda Woosley, brought a group of over 45 to ...
See You at the Pole Gathered at the High School to start off the school day
See You at the Pole™, the global day of student prayer, began in 1990 as a grass roots movement with ten students praying at their school. Twenty years later, millions pray on their campuses on ...
HENRY 'HEINIE' HOWARD MANTZ
Henry "Heinie" Howard Mantz, 92, of Keystone, Iowa, passed away peacefully at his home Sept. 25, 2018, following a battle with cancer.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at St. Paul's Lutheran...
BERNADINE AGNES MARTIN SCHALLAU
Bernadine Agnes Martin Schallau, 94, born Jan. 15, 1924, in Victor, Iowa, entered into eternal life on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at the Crestview Nursing Home in West Branch, where she had been wonderfu...
Accident downtown Vinton, no injuries reported
Vinton Fire Department and Vinton Police responded to a call Wednesday afternoon, September 26 at 2:45 pm for a traffic accident at the intersection of 1st ave and East 5th st. in downtown Vinton.
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Fire Prevention Week: Area departments plan breakfasts
The Garrison, Shellsburg and Vinton fire departments are planning their annual Fire Prevention Week breakfasts.
Garrison's will be from 8 a.m. to noon on Oct. 7; Vinton's a week later, from 7 a.m. ...
Downpour causes Temporary Street Closures
If you were out and about town today around 1:00 p.m., you know that roads were just about impassable due to the heavy rainfall we received.
From 218, through to the downtown area, roads were flood...
Walking for my grandpas: Fair Queen Katie Folkmann planning to Walk to End Alzheimers
By Dean Close, Editor
To most people who see them, the photos of Katie Folkmann with her grandfathers look just like every others: A little girl in the arms of a man in overalls standing in front o...