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State Treasurer Fitzgerald Announces New Deduction Amount for College Savings
State Treasurer Michael L. Fitzgerald announced today that the deduction amount for those saving through College Savings Iowa for their children's educations has once again been raised. "Iowa taxpayers can now deduct the first $3,045 they contribute per beneficiary account from their state taxable income," said Fitzgerald. "This means a married couple with two children will be able to deduct up to $12,180 in College Savings Iowa contributions on their 2013 state taxes.
9 Who Care: VSHS senior Megan Ternus honored for Haiti dress project
When Megan Ternus stands up to receive one of the KCRG-TV “9 Who Care” awards later this month, she will be thinking of the many other people who have helped her make and send more than 1,100 dresses to Haiti.
The Vinton-Shellsburg High School senior began the project after learning about the need at the National Catholic Youth Conference in November of 2011. 4th Street Diner News
The 4th Street Diner meal on Sunday, January 6th, Roast Beef, Mashed Potato/Gravy, Broccoli/Cheese Sauce, Mixed Green Salad, Peach Crisp, WW Bread, Milk.
On Monday, November 26th, we welcomed the Urbana Card Club as our guests. The activity of the day was a Pepper Card Party. There were four tables of players. Don Selken won 1st place with 263 points.
Benton County SWCD offers two scholarships
The Benton SWCD Commissioners want to make eligible Benton County Seniors aware of two scholarship opportunities. Students are eligible for either of these scholarships if their planned course of study is in any of the fields of agriculture or natural resources.
The first scholarship is offered by the Conservation Districts of Iowa, a statewide organization of Soil & Water Conservation District Commissioners.
Remembering 2012: August broght Boomtown, changes to Nature Center
August brought news of six new health care providers beginning to serve patients at Virginia Gay Hospital.
Vinton artist Angie Wittmer won second place in the Iowa State Fair ice cream cone painting contest with "Fire and Ice," a tribute to Iowa's firefighters.
A string of burglaries in several counties led to arrests of two people. Always experimenting: Dick Sloan's innovative farming and conservation
Dick Sloan loves to ask questions:
Where did that pair of killdeers nest?
What’s the nutrient content of hog manure?
What kind of dragonfly was that?
How much organic matter is in my soil?
Sloan, who farms in the watersheds of Lime and Bear Creeks, between Rowley and Brandon, grew up helping his dad maintain waterways and practice minimum tillage on land his grandfather started farming in the 1930s. Remembering 2012: RAGBRAI was highlight of July
More than 10,000 people pedaled through Vinton, Garrison and Shellsburg in July as the RAGBRAI bicycle ride wound through Benton County. Committees in all three towns worked for nearly a year to welcome the riders and help area groups set up booths and concession stands.
On July 11, many people remembered the previous July 11 wind storm, even as property owners and city leaders continued working on removing trees damaged by the 130 mph winds (and stumps of those trees). V-S Community School District Special School Board Meeting to fill Board Seat
Thursday, January 3, 2013 - Noon
Central Office Board Room
1502 C Ave.
Vinton, IA 52349
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AGENDA
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Special Election to Fill Unexpired Board Seat Action Item
4. Adjourn
Oath of office for elected officials and their deputies
It's a tradition required by law that every January after an election, the county officials who were elected to their offices, along with their deputies, are officially sworn in to begin their terms during the first couple days of January.
Auditor Jill Marlow, supervisors Terry Hertle and Don Frese, and Sheriff Randy Forsyth were elected in November. The memories of 2012: June
June 2012 saw Vinton lose a piece of his history. The silos of the former Vinton Popcorn facility were removed.
Lt. Dan Greaser,a 2005 Vinton-Shellsburg graduate, returned home from Afghanistan, where he earned the Bronze Star Medal.
Another generation of soldiers received honor when a few Vinton area World War II veterans joined the most recent Honor Flight to Washington, D.