Opinion
To the Editor: Consider the person wearing that military uniform
A post-Veterans Day reflection:
On Aug. 12, 1972, after a one — year tour of duty with the 388th Combat Support Group in Korat, Thailand, I was discharged from the U.S. Air Force at Trav...
A world without you...
Hey, you.
Yes, you.
We need to talk.
I saw you the other day, as we gathered, yet again, to remember someone who died way too young.
I caught that look in your eye that tells me you...
To the Editor: Medicare price increase won\'t be known until after election
I received this information from a Retired Marine Colonel from California and I had not opened my 2015 Medicare Handbook until she wrote me the following:
Did you receive yo...
To the Editor: Brad Anderson would help those who vote by mail
To The Editor:
The top priority of the Iowa Secretary of State ought to be increasing election turnout. Iowans care deeply about ensuring voter access to the polls and it’s time for a...
To the Editor: How a 'Safe at Home' program could help domestic assault victims
It has come to my attention, through a former student of mine, that a segment of Iowa's population may not be able to participate in the electoral process here because our state lacks a safegu...
Peeking at the Guest Book: A beginner\'s guide to grief
“You gave away one of our secrets,” said Frank, the Funeral Home Guy.
We had just buried my mom — and three weeks to the day later, my grandfather — when I wrote the fol...
To the Editor: Change must be made in November
To the Editor,
“Survival in the market often requires recognizing mistakes and changing course. Survival in politics requires denying mistakes, continuing the current policies, adding ne...
Junk Ads: A humorous look at what you don\'t see here
One of the things we like to boast about at Vinton Today is the fact that everything on our site is local. All the news, all the ads.
Very few other news sites can say that. Most ev...
A final salute to Vinton Marine Larry Michael
The community of Vinton veterans lost a friend today.
So did I.
Major Larry Michael, a retired Marine, died today, after a long battle with Parkinson’s. He was 80.
Larry was a proud ... The only clear choice in Iowa\'s 2014 Senate election
When, in the course of events, a voter identifies a statesmen who so eloquently defends the things in which the voter believes, it behooves the voter to defy convention and earnestly support that c...