Opinion

A reluctant record

We've measure our success at Vinton Today, in part, by the number of page views we record in a day.  Our average weekly page views have been gradually increasing, to more than&nbs...

Feedback on The Iowa Braille Sight Saving School

The Murder (Failure? Death? Demise? Decline? Deterioration? Destruction?) of Iowa Braille: From Acclaim to Ruin in Less than Five Decades How did this once great institution for the blind bec...

Reader Thanks Community

Dear Editor, What a great Place to Live! I want to say a big "Thank You" to all the organizers and volunteers of Party in the Park. It was a great weekend. It's so nice to live in...

Raspberries after the rain

One of the surprises I have discovered living in the rural areas of northern Benton County are the wild raspberries that grow each June.  I do not have the same green thumb my grandfather...

The lessons from 'The House That Built Me'

You won't find many people more critical of virtually all of modern American entertainment than me. I consider most of our movies, TV shows and music to be lame, unoriginal and simply dull...

How a baby girl helps teach the hidden lessons of grandparenthood

  There are few things in life, I have learned, as great as grandparenthood.    Hardly a day goes by without offering me another opportunity to experience the inspiring j...

New news is still news, even though if some in the old news world don't know it

  For some people, the idea of a newspaper that exists only on-line is a surprisingly new, perhaps even radical, idea. But for others, the response seems to have been, “Well, it...

Ask before you Act

Dear Editor, The gull of some people. I will never understand why it is some people don't have respect for others. I had a tree topped off this past Fri. morning. Before I got home from...

Thanks from Jr. Journalist Katie Langstraat

Thank you everyone for the support towards my time as a Junior Journalist. My goal is to write more stories and take more pictures during the summer including my own babysitting blog type story st...

Time for new leadership in Iowa

It is time for fresh, new leadership in Iowa - and Rod Roberts is the right man for the job.  For nearly a decade, I have worked in the Iowa House of Representatives, and have seen firsthand t...