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            A four time felon who made threats by pointing a loaded shotgun at another and then discharging it in that person’s presence was sentenced today to just short of four years in federal prison.         Dennis Lee Kaplan, age 41, from Shellsburg, Iowa, received the prison term after a January 15, 2015, guilty plea to a single count Indictment charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Virginia Gay Hospital donated $500 to the community effort providing school supplies to children in need.  Virginia Gay’s donation was added to donations the Vinton Shellsburg School District has received from the churches represented by the Vinton Ministerial Association, Clickstop, and Monkeytown.  Mike Timmermans, Virginia Gay Hospital Foundation Director, and a current member of the Vinton Shellsburg Community School District's Board of Education, presented the check for $500 to Molly Noren.

The Lil Racers Club held another one of its box car races Sunday at the Benton County Speedway. On Friday, July 31st at the home of Ron and Mia Phelps, and also on what would have been ZoeyTuttle's 13th birthday, her family gathered to celebrate her life. In the past few weeks, many area racing fans have been decorating cars. The Tuttles and their friends created racers honoring Zoey and the other members of the Urbana Five: Zoey's brothers Hunter Tuttle and Triston Randall, and Quentin Ary and Nikki Jacobsen.

An emotional reunion took place on Sunday between a 70-year-old warplane and a 91-year-old World War II veteran who flew 29 missions on a similar plane until the summer of 1945, when he helped deliver care packages to Americans held in POW camps. Jerry Micka of Cedar Rapids, accompanied by three generations of descendants and escorted by his son, Mike, climbed the ladder into the gunner’s chair at the top of the middle of the B-29 Superfortress known as Fifi.

The 2015 Benton County Fair crowned champions in several livestock categories, and judges awarded hundreds of ribbons and other honors to participants from throughout Benton County.  Those honored in the  2015 Benton County Fair Parade of Champions (see photos HERE) include: Poultry: Junior Skill-A-Thon Champion- Merritt Bodeker Intermediate Skill-A-Thon Champion- Jacob Lowe Senior Skill-A-Thon Champion- Wes Haefner Rabbit: Grand Champion Rabbit Overall- Lydia Radeke Reserve Grand Champion Rabbit Overall- Dakota Henry Senior Showmanship- Macy Arbuckle Intermediate Showmanship- Landon Wood Junior Showmanship- Kaylynn Meyer Meat Goat: Overall Champion Meat Goat- Fallon Finnegan Overall Reserve Champion Meat Goat- Fallon Finnegan Overall Champion Commercial Breeding Doe- Adam Ahrenson Overall Res.

Sarah Kreutner, the 2015 Fair Queen, is the second generation in her family to have earned that title. Sarah, the daughter of Brian and Jen (Peterson) Kreutner, was crowned Queen on Thursday, July 23. Her mom had been the Story County Fair Queen in 1989.   "So far, I’ve had a wonderful time as Queen," says Sarah. "I’ve gone to many shows I usually don’t see and loved them.

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It’s been one week since RAGBRAI rolled through Vinton and still can’t thank our volunteers enough! We have heard extremely positive comments about our community and I know this may not have been the result if we didn’t have such dedicated members of the community! I hope I am not forgetting anybody but THANK YOU to &m

One hundred years of Eden Township history filled the Newhall City Park pavilion on Wednesday, as the current and former members of Eden Aid and their family gathered to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the club. They discussed the history of the township, the schools they attended, 4-H clubs they joined and neighbors they remembered. The club formally organized in 1915.

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