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Vinton Lions helped many local families after tornado
Vinton Lions Julie Zimmer, Bret Nelson and Mary Jo Hainstock (far right) assist Fareway manager Dave Kelchen (left) at the checkout, bagging groceries for two Vinton residents (second and third from ... Union Coach Hadachek among 'Most Valuable Coach' nominees; voting continues
Union Knights football coach Joe Hadachek is among 50 nominees nationwide in the high school Most Valuable Coach program.
Sponsored by U.S. Cellular, the program seeks to honor a coach who has had ... Flood Recovery Update
By Linda Fischer
Recovery efforts continue for flood impacted homes and businesses. On Saturday, October 8th the city will be removing sandbags from the city's right of way. Home owners and bu...
Top 5 VSHS King, Queen candidates announced; royalty to be crowned Thursday
Vinton-Shellsburg High School students learned who their Top 5 Homecoming Queen and King candidates are; the new royalty will be crowned during the traditional Thursday evening pep rally.
Pictured ... Homecoming, Monday: King and Queen candidates named; seniors decorate business windows
When the Vinton-Shellsburg High School "Top 10" King and Queen candidates lined up , there were three more guys standing behind the row of Queen candidates. That's because due to a tie among the senio... Wisconsin radio personality and VS alum Stephanie Ollinger dies at age 31
The Vinton-Shellsburg Class of 2004 has lost another of its members. Stephanie Ollinger, 31, died of a sudden illness on Oct. 1, in Wisconsin, where she had worked as the mid-day host for WYTE 106.5 i... Fields of Faith set for Wednesday at Union football field
The annual Fields of Faith event at Union High School will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 5, and members of the Vinton-Shellsburg and Center Point-Urbana Fellowship of Christian Athletes will be among ... FREEDOM FOUNDATION BENEFIT FOR CP HISTORICAL SOCIETY HARVEST POTLUCK OCT. 27
At its regular meeting Sept. 29 the Center Point Historical Society made plans for its annual community Harvest Potluck on Thursday, Oct. 27, at the Center Point dentist office basement.
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Red Cross/Salvation Army flood recovery recourse center to be open in Vinton, today and tomorrow
The American Red Cross will open Community Resource Centers to help people affected by flooding in northern and eastern Iowa.
The Benton County center will be open today and tomorrow, Oct. 2-3, from ...
The three faces of the Benton Co. Freedom Rock, and whom, what they represent
A unique story of a chaplain's assistant born in Vinton and later awarded the Medal of Honor is one of three represented on the brand new Benton County Freedom Rock.
Shellsburg native Mark R. Rey...