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Halloween: Area children, adults celebrate
Along with a variety of private and school parties, there were two community celebrations of Halloween over the weekend. The traditional parade took place downtown on Saturday. Then on Sunday night (Halloween, Oct. 31) many children, accompanied by parents and even pets, went door-to-door for the annual trick-or-treat night. Field Day planned at Welter farm
With the weather we’ve had this year, any additional grazing will have a big impact on the cost of wintering cows in Iowa. Cereal rye grain seeded in the early fall is one option to extend the grazing season and reduce feed costs in the beef herd. A field day to demonstrate grazing cereal rye will be held on Friday, November 12, at 1:00 pm at the Welter farm north of Onslow.
Election time! Nearly 2,200 have already voted in Benton County
Benton County voters have already set another record for absentee and early voting in a non-presidential election. As of Monday morning, the Benton County Auditor's Office reported 2,146 early voters and absentee ballot requests.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 2. Those who are not registered to vote can do so on Election Day, if they take identification with them to the polling place. PEO Chapter MZ to meet Nov. 8
PEO Chapter MZ will meet at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, at the home of Jackie Schoettmer, with Carol Timmer assisting. Carol will present the program.
Officers called to three-vehicle accident on 380 near Urbana
The Benton County Sheriff's Office, Urbana emergency personnel and the Center Point Ambulance Service were sent to a three-vehicle accident on I-380 near Urbana at around 12:30 p.m. today (Friday).
There were possible injuries reported. The vehicles came to rest in the median or on the left shoulder of the southbound lane. The accident took place near the exit ramp at Exit 43, where vehicles leave 380 for Highway 150. VSHS Drama Dept. to perform 'Sound of Music'
Sister Sophia (Maddie Springer) ,Sister Berthe (Miranda Swallom), Sister
Margaretta (Liz Moen), and Mother Abbess (Emma Clingman) rehearse the song, "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" for the upcoming VSHS Drama Dept's Sound of Music.
This Rodgers and Hammerstein classic will be presented at the Vinton-Shellsburg auditorium on Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6 at 7 pm and Sunday, November 7 at 2 pm. Simon Estes shares his story with VSHS students
Simon Estes did not grow up dreaming of being one of the most renowned opera singers in the entire world.
He never even heard opera music until he went to college.
Estes, who will perform a concert Saturday evening at the Vinton-Shellsburg High School auditorium, shared his story with the Vinton-Shellsburg High School student body Thursday afternoon. Peony restaurant owners charged with conspiring to harbor illegal aliens
Chan Gia Duong, 43, and Phung Ca Long, 41, restaurant owners from Vinton, have been charged with one count of conspiracy to harbor aliens for commercial gain. Duong faces an additional charge of filing a false tax return. Long faces an additional charge of making false statements to Medicaid relating to health care.
Be the Wall: Area teens, adults take stand on under age drinking
The "Be the Wall" campaign against drug use and under age drinking has been taking place throughout October.
The Above the Influence Coalition, which includes students from area schools and the ASAC office, held a ceremony at noon on Thursday at the Benton County Courthouse.
A "wall" of bricks with the signatures of several hundred area residents who sign to show their commitment to do what they can to prevent drug use and under age drinking was set up in the courthouse. Demolition continues in flood buyout area
There are a lot more empty lots in Vinton now, as the last of approximately 30 homes in the FEMA flood buyout program.
Crews from D.W. Zinser from Walford have been working in that area for the past few weeks.