To The Editor: 'Yes' vote gives Vinton more options

FRANK VAN STEENHUYSE
October 2, 2015 11:17 am

I am voting “yes” on November 3rd for the formation of a city telecommunications utility.  I don't have any big complaints or any burning issues that I want to address.

Letter to the Editor: Comments regarding the confederate flag controversy

VINTON TODAY
September 25, 2015 3:26 pm

I feel it necessary to make some comments distancing the lovely town of Vinton (and the majority of kind, considerate, and tolerant citizens who live and work here) from the actions of a few students at Vinton-Shellsburg High School this week.

Pictures, pictures everywhere!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 21, 2015 12:16 pm

This last week I looked at our outbound email and some days it was pretty slim. Today there is a weeks worth of news in one day! Most of the weekend was spent covering events, snapping pictures, getting the stories, and posting them.

Benton County Board of Supervisor meeting agenda, Sept. 22

JILL MARLOW, AUDITOR
September 21, 2015 10:10 am

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING September 22, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. Benton County Board of Supervisors Room   1.       9:00 A.

You can't stand still in a parade

IVINTON
September 21, 2015 9:40 am

Debi Durham, Director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority said at a meeting in Van Horne, “Growing communities have four things in place.

Saying goodbye to the the neighbor

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 11, 2015 1:00 pm

A few months after we started Vinton Today, we had the unfortunate task of covering a fire at the home of our dear neighbors, Lester and Donna Geiger, and their little dog.

Letter to the Editor: ER Dr./researcher expresses ATV on roadway concerns

VINTON TODAY
September 4, 2015 4:28 pm

Dear Editor,                 The Benton County Board of Supervisors is considering a proposed ordinance to increase public roadway access to all-terrain vehicle (ATV) traffic.

My encounter with an 'IRS' scammer

VINTON TODAY
August 27, 2015 6:26 pm

The IRS has been calling me all day, telling me there is a warrant because I have not paid my taxes. So I called the number, with a Washington, D.

To the Editor: E-mail issue disqualifies Hillary as candidate for President

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
August 20, 2015 9:35 am

To the Editor, The President  gave authority to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to classify documents. Sec . Clinton should know when a received item is sensitive to National Security and immediately classify that document.

To The Editor: Flourishing Families offers help, advice as school begins

FLOURISHING FAMILIES
August 18, 2015 11:54 am

Dear Editor, The Flourishing Families of Benton and Iowa Counties (FFBIC), a local Community Partnership for Protecting Children site, would like to offer a few words of encouragement to all parents and children living, working, and attending school in our counties.