So many time when I work behind the scenes on Vinton Today, I often wonder if we're "doing it right". Are we REALLY "talking" to people, and do they "really" care about what we are telling them? I know, there's this really awesome counter on the site that tells us how many millions of clicks we've had, but honestly, without your feedback, we're just, hmmm can't say "clacking away at our keyboards", (because that wouldn't make sense to our younger readers) typing away and hoping that we hit something that is interesting to you.

When you stop to think about the English language, you have to come to the conclusion that whoever it was that decided what words are words and what words are not was an entirely dislogical person.

March 11, 2010 began like any other day for some, but for us, it was a day of excitement.                 That morning, we sent out our very FIRST  email  announcing  that we were back.

When there is important news in Vinton, we keep you in touch with the neighbors and the officials in town. The first time we realized how important Vinton Today was, was when we were just starting our second year.

Well, it’s about that time of the year again – that time when men who can normally talk incessantly about just about anything without pausing to find the right words to say, suddenly find themselves speechless.

After 5 years, almost, we have had another influx of people that think we are "the newspaper". A couple things have happened this week that had me thinking maybe we need to say something, again.

    Friday was an unusual and special 12th anniversary for me, although nothing actually happened on that day a dozen years ago.     Confused? Let me explain.

Perhaps you saw an ad on TV, or a flier in a newspaper, or some other form of advertising that refers to Sunday’s NFL Championship Game between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks as “the big game.

I just finished reading an inspiring publication that gives me hope for the future when it comes to how we, as a society communicate – something so unusually and surprisingly terrific I am compelled to share it.

In 2010 a constitutional amendment was passed by Iowans to support a 3/8 cent tax increase for additional conservation funds across the state. This has not been administratively acted upon to date.