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Eagle Scout project will improve Vinton Animal Shelter area
Matt Lash of Vinton, along with his dad, Jay, and several members of Boy Scout Troop 47, spent Saturday removing a concrete slab from the Vinton Animal Shelter property.
Matt has been in Scouts for many years and is working on his Eagle Scout badge, the highest available in the Boy Scouts USA organization. His Eagle Scout project is replacing that slab wth some benches and landscaping, as well as replacing the entrance to the shelter. End of an era: 4th Street Cleaners closes
Business has been good at 4th Street Cleaners, said George Bauer.
But times, across the nation, have been tough for the industry, especially in small towns.
George and Marta have now joined the thousands of other American small-town dry cleaner owners who have decided to close the cleaning business. The Bauers have turned off their machines and sold the building to Rich Hainstock. Medallion Hunt - Clue #2
To market to, market to buy a fat pig.
Home again, home again jiggety jig!
Don’t forget, find each location to collect the seven Grand Medallion Clues!
Information about the Medallion Hunt
Editor's note:Medallion #2 found by Sophia Vasquez at the Train Depot! Congratulations!
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Area resident, State Senator say bridges may help prevent future flooding
Could a bridge or two be the solution to now-frequent Vinton flooding concerns?
A retired area farmer thinks so, and a State Senator agrees.
“Come with me,” says Roger Schlarbaum,” as I sat at McDonald’s on the Friday morning of the recent flood, adding photos of sand-baggers to my latest story. “I have a story idea for you. 2012 VS graduate dies in Tuesday accident on Highway 30
Jacob Novak, 18, of Shellsburg, died Tuesday evening in a two-car accident on Highway 30 south of Atkins.
Authorities from the Benton County Sheriff's Office are investigating the accident at the intersection of Highway 30 and 32nd Avenue, which took place at around 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Authorities said the Novak was driving a 1996 Pontiac Grand Am south on 32nd Ave when his vehicle was hit on the driver side by a west-bound 2006 Volkswagen.
State school funding decision allows VS board to reduce tax levy
The Vinton-Shellsburg school board met for a special board meeting this morning at 7:00 AM.
The only item on the agenda was to discuss and take action on the implications of the legislature’s decisions on school funding.
When the board originally set the levy rates in the spring, the legislature had not set their level of funding support for the 2013-14 year.
City brush dump has reopened
With the water receding back into the Cedar River channel, the City of Vinton Brush Dump has now reopened. Please take yard waste and tree limbs to the normal dump site, the third right-hand turn going north on Highway 150 after the Cedar River bridge.
Medallion Hunt clue! First one offered today!
"All in all, you're just another name on the wall!"
That's the first clue in the 2013 Party in the Park Medallion Hunt.
Look for more clues soon from VPRD!
Click HERE for rules and more information from VPRD.
Editor's Note: 6:20 pm Tuesday evening...
Medallion #1 has been found by Mark Redlinger! Great job Mark! It was found at Stoney Arch (don't forget to collect the six Grand Medallion clues at each location).
Local pilot 'mourning' his home-built plane after hitting deer on Vinton runway
Miss Underestimated, the RV-7A plane that John Steigelmeyer spent countless hours building, was damaged on the runway in Vinton on Saturday when it hit a deer.
"I had very little time to react, but had enough time when the third deer came close to mentally say "Oh ____!" which more than one reporter has said were the last words on the voice recorder before impact," he said. WMT Tractorcade: Local riders among hundreds sharing machines, stories
Several guys stood in the parking lot of Vinton-Shellsburg High School on Monday, discussing Love -- not the topic, but the tractor, and Jabez Love, the man who made the uniquely-shaped farm machines that bear his name.
While most of the 530 tractors entered in the annual WMT Tractorcade bore the more familiar names of John Deere, Ford, White, Massey-Ferguson, Massey-Harris, Minneapolis-Moline and Oliver, a few rare names and unusual designs were among the machines that filed into the VSHS parking lot for a lunch stop.