Opinion

Re-inventing the domestic use of the wheel: The engineering most needed now

Can I mow the lawn, Dad? Please!?!?!?! Can I mow the lawn NOW?!?!?!?! No, I was not dreaming. Youngest Kid – like most of her older siblings in previous years – was inde...

LTE - Student Thanks Community for support

A Cuban girl that I met at the market, Wendy, and I. Hello everyone! I would like to take this opportunity to publically thank all of you in the community who supported my trip to Cuba, especially Blessed Hope Church. I went to Cuba as a s...

Yet one more reason to remember America\'s original Patriot\'s Day

Today's bombings at the Boston Marathon took place during Boston's official "Patriot's Day" celebration, and just four days before the 18th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bo...

Congress comes clean; future Iowa leader confesses

I dreamed last night that I read a breaking news story from the year 2023: "A federal grand jury has indicted dozens of members of Congress for using illegal performance-enhancing substanc...

To the Editor: Band Boosters share concerns about VS music department

PARENTS!  GRANDPARENTS!   COMMUNITY FINE ARTS SUPPORTERS! RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS IN OUR FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT STAFF IN THE VS SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO THE SC...

Thank you, from the Woman of the year

What a night! A TOTAL surprise! Many thanks to the Vinton Women's Club for our 2013 Woman of the Year honor selection. How blessed I am to be in the company of, and feel the love f...

Vinton Today readers still amaze us!

The 11th of March marked our 3rd birthday here at Vinton Today.  It was also a record breaking day for the most visits in one day! As we pass our third birthday, I for one am simply pl...

FPFR: Future Poultry Farmers' Regrets

Grandaughters helped convince Grandpa to allow the Close property to become a poultry farm.   You never know when a phone call is going to change your life. I walked into the Vinton Family Restaurant as a grandfather, and left as a chicken farmer. Oh, I am still a grandf...

Pastor's Blog - THE LIGHT OF LOVE INTO OUR APATHY

  In a bacon and egg breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig makes a personal sacrifice.   Now, I'm not saying Joseph was a chicken, but his initial decisio...

Viking Pride still felt from former grad

By Kim Davis       These past few weeks I have definitely been feeling some Viking Pride with Vinton qualifying for State basketball and Grand View wrestling winning ...