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2018 River R.A.T.S. Wrap Up

By Tami Stark The 2018 Cedar River Clean Up is complete and “in the books”, the treasures that the Cedar gave up are in the landfill, canoes are washed and hopefully the sunburns are fading.

Hidden Rocks group keeps sharing positive messages

There are, as of this morning, 634 members of the Hidden Rocks of Vinton, Iowa Facebook page. Hundreds of kids and parents have been participating in the informal activity since April, and the project continues to grow and the rocks are becoming more creative.

Jake's Legacy: Community and caring

Many of us, including this writer, were in church on Sunday morning, April 8, when we first prayed for Jake Wilson, and the volunteers who were searching the Wolf Creek area in La Porte City for the autistic teen who had been last seen walking toward the creek the previous night.

Post Prom offering laptop shells, driveway painting and etc.

The Post Prom Committee will be offering laptop shells, driveway painting, VS decals, lanyards and license plate covers at all back to school nights. Please help us in providing a safe and fun post prom event for the kids.

Vinton Parks and Rec need your help August 20-22

With just one week to go before starting the 3-day Riverside Park Community Playground Build event, we are still in need of a lot of volunteer assistance on our Assembly Crew! Please consider volunteering a morning or afternoon if you are able to get away to help construct this sizable playground.

Remains found in LaPorte City

Officials say that there have been remains found consistent with those of the missing boy from LaPorte, Jake Wilson, who went missing on April 8th of this year.

Remains found in LaPorte City

Officials say that there have been remains found consistent with those of the missing boy from LaPorte, Jake Wilson, who went missing on April 8th of this year.

Vinton Parks and Rec need your help August 20-22

With just one week to go before starting the 3-day Riverside Park Community Playground Build event, we are still in need of a lot of volunteer assistance on our Assembly Crew! Please consider volunteering a morning or afternoon if you are able to get away to help construct this sizable playground.

Post Prom offering laptop shells, driveway painting and etc.

The Post Prom Committee will be offering laptop shells, driveway painting, VS decals, lanyards and license plate covers at all back to school nights. Please help us in providing a safe and fun post prom event for the kids.

Jake's Legacy: Community and caring

Many of us, including this writer, were in church on Sunday morning, April 8, when we first prayed for Jake Wilson, and the volunteers who were searching the Wolf Creek area in La Porte City for the autistic teen who had been last seen walking toward the creek the previous night.