"These meetings are being interrupted too often," Sincerely, The Interrupter

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 28, 2024 7:51 pm

I was planning a "non-working day off" on Tuesday. Bad idea. Bad. It's Supervisor meeting day. I opened one eye, turned on YouTube and up popped the Supervisor meeting.

Believe them when they tell you who they are

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 26, 2024 7:27 pm

Well, the government does work on Sunday and on holiday weekends. This past Sunday while looking at the list of stories that I need to finish, I received a much anticipated email.

Living in the present, remembering the past #10

VINTON TODAY
May 26, 2024 6:30 pm

Dear  Editor:I was honored to be asked to speak at two separate Memorial Day Services, the following is the first invited by American Legion Post 57, Vinton, Iowa.

Sacred Duty: A Soldier's Tour at Arlington National Cemetery

VINTON TODAY
May 25, 2024 9:49 am

By Tom Cotton, U.S. Senator from Arkansas(The following is adapted from a speech delivered on April 9, 2019, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr.

Letter to the Editor: Give the Gal a Break!!!

VINTON TODAY
May 23, 2024 1:20 pm

Dear Editor, Okay...Okay, I've taken all the ribbing from everyone about no longer being a Hawkeye fan.  I was only on loan temporarily from Penn State until Caitlin graduated.

Letter to the Editor: Support for Upah and Tippett

VINTON TODAY
May 23, 2024 10:25 am

Benton County Residents, There was a recent statement of goals published in Vinton Today from the Paxton campaign. I read it with an open mind. I could support some items listed with more clarification.

Women and Mothers Past, Present and Future

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
May 15, 2024 2:53 pm

This Mother's Day, I spent a lot of time reflecting. This year it feels like I've been taking a walk down memory lane of women in my family and those that aren't.

Letter to the Editor: America's Kristallnacht Moment

VINTON TODAY
May 1, 2024 3:34 pm

Dear Editor,It’s with disgust, anger, incredulity, sadness and a host of other emotions that I view the events post October 7th, 2023, up until today’s rampaging across America's most liberal colleges and universities.

Money, money, money...there's more where that's coming from...

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
April 25, 2024 12:04 pm

I had the Supervisor's meeting playing while working on other news bits for the website yesterday. Kind of like background noise. Nothing much out of the ordinary was on the agend.

Letter to the Editor: Hamas and Palestinian groups in our universities

VINTON TODAY
April 23, 2024 10:31 am

Dear Editor:Americans Will Always Do the Right Thing — After Exhausting All the Alternatives.   Winston Churchill.   I pray that is SO!  I am a Christian — a Catholic.