To the Editor: How a 'Safe at Home' program could help domestic assault victims

ALEX VASQUEZ
October 21, 2014 7:26 pm

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 safeguard for the privacy rights of victims of domestic violence.

Peeking at the Guest Book: A beginner's guide to grief

VINTON TODAY
October 17, 2014 4:10 pm

“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 following words: “Some people think that the purpose of The Guest Book is to keep track of the people who attend a funeral or visitation, so you can properly thank them.

To the Editor: Change must be made in November

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
October 15, 2014 11:13 pm

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 new ones to correct the old ones, and then blaming the bad consequences on others.

Junk Ads: A humorous look at what you don't see here

VINTON TODAY
October 13, 2014 11:24 am

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.

A final salute to Vinton Marine Larry Michael

VINTON TODAY
October 9, 2014 5:46 pm

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.

The only clear choice in Iowa's 2014 Senate election

VINTON TODAY
October 8, 2014 11:43 am

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 candidate.

Footprints in the sands of time

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 4, 2014 9:52 pm

Ever since my mother in law passed away, and we were sitting around with Stuart, our funeral guy trying to decide what to put in her obituary, I realized that in all the things that she had done, her life was summed up in a few paragraphs.

Letter To The Editor: It's just short time until the November Election

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
September 30, 2014 4:47 pm

A Leader is a person who inspires people to do more than they think they could.  Many people in our military are trained to do just that.

The Indy 500 in my Livingroom

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 30, 2014 12:06 pm

We inherited a few cats from my daughter after one of hers had kittens and my daughters pregnancy allergies just weren't allowing them all to reside in the same house, so it was time to call the farm.

A 9/11 perspective and the Freedom Rock

VINTON TODAY
September 18, 2014 12:29 pm

I had hoped and planned to spend the 13th anniversary of September 11, and the following weekend, in Baltimore, where a huge celebration honored the 200th anniversary of the writing of the Star Spangled Banner.