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Wine Walk Registration Deadline Extended
Early Registration Deadline Extended!
We've had great response to the Wine Walk and we don't want to leave anyone out, so we're extending the Early Registration Price through Sunday! If you haven't had a chance to sign-up for the wine walk yet, do so by the end of the day Sunday and you can still get the early registration price of just $20.
Benton County Sheriff's Report and arrest log, April 2013
Benton County Sheriff Randall Forsyth reports that deputies answered 250 calls for service and investigated 21 accidents. Deputies attempted to serve 201 civil papers and issued 44 traffic citations and 100 traffic warnings.
There were 18 arrests/juvenile referrals with 22 charges being filed in April 2013.
(4) were simple misdemeanors, (13) were indictable misdemeanors, and (5) were felony charges.
Mrs. Steffen, 'John Scriven Committee' earn regional education honors
Two of the top 2013 awards from the education organization that serves Vinton-Shellsburg and 30 other area school districts were presented to V-S teachers this week.
During the annual Vinton-Shellsburg Education Association award reception on Wednesday, Kelly Steffen received the Regional Teacher of the Year Award. And a group of teachers who together became known as the John Committee, received the Friend of Education Team Award. Update on Fundraising efforts
We are pleasantly pleased with the response we have had to the fundraising efforts thus far!
If you'll notice, there are changes made on the site that as a reader you may enjoy seeing.
My favorite new feature is on the end of the stories. You can now click to the next story, or click to go to the previous story in the same tab, eliminating the need to go back to the main list of tabs!
We also added a bit of fun to the very top of the page.
4th grader Emma Dickinson wins FSB Poster Contest
Emma Dickinson, 4th grader in Becky Sturtz’s class at Tilford Elementary School created the winning poster for the local “Money Smart Week” poster contest at Farmers Savings Bank & Trust. She won $100 to open a new savings account.
Emma and 45 other Tilford and Shellsburg Elementary students submitted posters for “Money Smart Week” which is a contest sponsored by the Community Bankers of Iowa – CBI. Meaghan's story: PH victim's father visits Vinton fund-raiser
As a military officer who led combat troops in many places around the globe, Carl Hicks considered himself a tough guy who could protect his soldiers and his family from anything.
And then PH -- pulmonary hypertension -- entered his life.
"When my daughter Meaghan was born, I held her and promised to protect her from everything," Hicks said Saturday in an interview with Vinton Today during the Pray PHor a Cure fund-raiser in Vinton. Waterloo train tour to make stop in Vinton, June 8
A train ride from Waterloo to Vinton is the first of what Vinton Unlimited Director Nathan Hesson hopes to be a series of efforts between the Waterloo and Vinton communities.
The Saturday, June 8, ride costs $59 per ticket, which includes a round trip ride from the Iowa Northern Railroad yard in Waterloo to Vinton. There will also be a tour of the Iowa Northern Railroad facilities in Waterloo.
Cedar Rapids man killed in Benton County motorcycle accident
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a motorcycle accident ½ mile south of Luzerne on 77th Street Drive Benton County that killed a 71 year old Cedar Rapids man.
The accident happened around 12:45 this afternoon.
The driver was riding with two other motorcyclists when two of the bikes failed to negotiate a curve and left the roadway going into a steep ditch.
Former County Conservation Director Heber pleads guilty to theft, misconduct
A year and a half after being fired as Benton County Conservation Director, William Heber has pleaded guilty to second degree theft and felonious misconduct in office.
In August of 2012, State Auditor of Iowa David Vaudt released a special report concerning allegations that Heber improperly charged nearly $2,800 of fuel purchases for his private vehicle to Benton County Conservation accounts.
The story behind the Alzheimer's Quilt; raffle set for May 19 at BC Speedway
There will be a special event to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Association during the races at the Benton County Speedway on Sunday, May 19.
The main promotion is the raffle of the Alzheimer's Association quilt, which includes 14,000 squares. Each of the three-quarter-inch squares represents one caregiver for Alzheimer’s patients in the state of Iowa.