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Secretary Pate Releases Annual Iowa State Fair Straw Poll Results
Donald Trump received the most votes in the presidential category in Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s 2024 State Fair Straw Poll. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Ashley Hinson, Zach Nunn, and Randy Fee...
Olivia Hanson receives Outstanding Leadership Award at Iowa State Fair
Elli Blackford of Clarke County was crowned the 2024 Iowa State Fair Queen Saturday evening on the Anne and Bill Riley Stage sponsored by Pepsi with media sponsor iHeart Radio. The 2024 Iowa State Fai... Did you know that you can Pay your Utility Bills Online?!
Did you know that in Vinton you can now pay your utility bills online through the City of Vinton website? As a gal that is continually online, I SHOULD have known this. I knew that iVinton could be p... Community members continue to support Benton County Conservation!
Early spring of 2024, Iowa River Apparel (Marengo, IA) owner, Paul Stults,
approached the Benton County Conservation Foundation (BCCF) with hopes of offering a Hannen Lake
Park shirt fundraiser. Th... Aerial Applicators Seeding Cover Crops by Air Early This Fall
While the spraying season is winding down, aerial applicators are still working by seeding cover crops via aircraft. You may continue to hear the hum of an aircraft's engine until early fall. One of t... End of Summer Traffic Enforcement
year, during the final weeks of summer, there were 54 traffic fatalities in Iowa; 44% involved impairment.* To prevent future tragedies, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) is partnering wit... Shellsburg Photographer Captures an Honorable Mention in Things & Still Life
Photographers from New York to central Iowa submitted their best photographs to the 84th Annual Photography Salon prior to the beginning of the 2024 Iowa State Fair.Sarah Becker of Grimes won Best of ... Local Steers bring in thousands for charity at Gov. Charity Steer Show
In the 2024 lineup for the Governor's Steer Show, two steers with connections to Benton County helped to bring the total donated to the Ronald McDonald House to to $568,000!If you would like to donate... A Record-Breaking Iowa Governor's Charity Steer Show
In another record-breaking year, the 42nd annual Iowa Governor’s Charity Steer Show continues to elevate the bar raising $568,000 for the Ronald McDonald Hous...
Injunction lifts on Iowa law restricting books in K-12 school libraries
By Robin OpsahlThe Iowa law prohibiting school libraries from having books containing sexually explicit material can go into effect, federal appeals court judges ruled Friday.The three-person panel mo...