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VS educators Islas, Duffy to join Marine recruits for final week of Boot Camp
VSHS teachers Kelly Steffen, left, and Heather Kalous, are pictured with DIs when they attended the Marines educators event in 2011. Two more VS teachers are going next week.
When the current clas... Former North Benton Ambulance office manager Bonlander charged with first degree theft
The Iowa Department of Public Safety has charged a former North Benton Ambulance Service office manager for stealing from the Vinton-based ambulance service.
At around midnight on February 15, 2017, ...
Pettengill Welcomes East-Central Iowa REC Members
This week Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn) met with members of East-Central Iowa REC. The group was visiting the Capitol to talk with legislators about energy legislation.
Pictured here are B... University of Dubuque Announces December 2016 Graduates
The University of Dubuque held a December Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 15, in Heritage Center's John and Alice Butler Hall on campus. Degrees were conferred upon 127 undergraduate and 48 gr...
Be nice to bike trails and they"™ll be nice to you: Avoid riding in muddy conditions
By Ashley Hesson, VORC
No doubt about it, this has been a weird winter. But then again, we did have record floods in September last fall. And then 50 degrees in February? Surely not! Except that da...
Rural Keystone fire claims two lives; one escapes through window
Firefighters remain at a rural Keystone residence today, trying to determine the cause of a fire that claimed the lives of two adult men and forced a woman in the house to escape the smoke and flames ... VS students raise $1,500 for Gualtier documentary
VSHS Student Senate members presented producer Brent Wilkins a check for $1,500 to help complete the documentary on the life of John Gualtier.
The Vinton-Shellsburg High School Student Senate led ... Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab Receives 11 Customer Care Awards
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Jessica Henkle, RN-BC, and director of Virginia ...
First, the tornado, then a fire: Vinton man faces another housing challenge
A Vinton construction company owner who lost his home in the tornado last July faces another challenge now that the househe rents has caught fire.
The Vinton Fire Department was sent to 316 East Ni... Community invited to join effort to help foster care graduates
By Erin Monaghan
As part of our Community Partnership for Protecting Children initiative, Benton-Iowa Decat will be helping area youth in foster care celebrate their graduation from high school and...