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Remembering 2016: March was a month of celebrations, milestones in Vinton
Matt Boggess led the first VPRD Construction Kids in March of 2016; the program will continue in 2017.
The spring of 2016 brought a noticeable change to the Vinton-Shellsburg High School music dep... Year in review: 2016 began with politics, and a unique Leap Year Baby
State Champs: The Vikings won the school's first state title in Bowling in February.
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles recalling the year 2016. This first segment reviews ev... Meet Julie Samora, a new face in Virginia Gay Hospital
Julie Samora, PA-C | Virginia Gay Hospital
For Julie Samora, PA-C, Vinton is almost a different world from Miami, where she received her education and worked.
"I came to Virginia Gay for a...
A few of our favorite photos of 2016
A year in pictures....today we share with you some of our favorite images from 2016. Photos that capture our people, our news, our days of celebration and our moments of anguish. And yeah, 2016 brough... Vinton Lions present check to V-S Sports Boosters
Vinton Lions present a check for $1,200 to the Vinton Shellsburg Sports Boosters in December, from concession trailer proceeds at football games. They expressed thanks to the patrons who buy funnel ca... Blue Creek Christmas: Electronic light display continues celebrating music, colors of the season
Three days after Thanksgiving, Aaron Maue spent a Sunday night hurrying from the computers inside his house to the light displays and breaker boxes outside, trying to get and keep his electronic light... Benton County Board of Supervisors Meeting Minutes, Dec. 20
December 20, 2016
The Benton County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with Supervisors Frese and Wiley present, Hertle was absent. The meeting was called to order at 9:00 a.m. Unless othe...
Benton County authorities investigating Christmas evening shooting in Van Horne
The Benton County Sheriffs' Office responded to a reported shooting in Van Horne around7:15p.m this evening . A 38 year old Belle Plaine man was taken to St. Luke's Hospital with unknown injures and s...
Suspect named in Christmas shooting in Van Horne
Steele Lee Unkrich: Arrested after Van Horne shooting on the evening of Dec. 25.
Steele Lee Unkrich, 24, of Van Horne is being held in the Benton County Correctional facility after being charged wit... Vinton Police Department welcomes first K-9 officer; thanks all donors
Officer Ben Parmater and Gino
The Vinton Police Department is proud to announce that its first K-9 unit has begun protecting and serving the citizens of Vinton. "Gino" is a 1 ½ year-ol...