Letter to the Editor: Yard Waste Removal Hassle

VINTON TODAY
September 21, 2023 11:46 pm

Dear Editor, I was wondering if I am the only Vinton resident who doesn't like the current hours of our yard waste site???? What a pain when work

Sound Bites: McDonald's Updated the Rules

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 21, 2023 11:24 am

Unfortunately, the folks at McDonald's and I have become best buddies. So much so that they now send me email. Like this one informing me that they have updated the "Terms and Conditions" I think it said.

Misguided government proposal targets ‘vexatious' people

IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
September 20, 2023 12:45 pm

By Randy Evans, Iowa Capital DispatchMany decades ago, Mrs. Gentry and Mr. Halferty put up with an inquisitive kid’s classroom questions about American democracy and the workings of government.

What in the world is the matter with TRADITION??

VINTON TODAY
September 19, 2023 10:29 pm

Dear Editor, I am livid!!  So this editorial is necessary to keep my blood pressure from blowing off the chart.I remember when John Fetterman  returned to the Senate after being on leave for depression.

Letter to the Editor: Budget and Spending Bills

VINTON TODAY
September 18, 2023 5:07 pm

Editor:Budget and other spending bills.Reprinted in "The Blaze"  Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) Op. Ed. We all learned in civics class that all spending bills originate in the House of Representatives.

Sound Bites: Biden's Pants are on Fire

VINTON TODAY
September 14, 2023 6:36 pm

The White House press room has been somewhat entertaining to watch. The only thing missing was the popcorn when this question came up. “The president has lied about being at Ground Zero the day after the Sept.

We Forgot

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 11, 2023 11:06 am

Rarely can I tell you what I was doing at this very moment last week, let alone 22 years ago. But I can.  It had been a hectic weekend. This week had already turned into a change of plans, and it was only Sunday night.

Letter to the Editor: Is inflation under control?

VINTON TODAY
September 8, 2023 11:52 am

Editor:We have all heard our President say how good his Bidennomics is performing, but it is this  -  as a kinder critic would say “a tall tale” or as logic tells us a lie.

Letter to the Editor: Is this a triple feature?

VINTON TODAY
September 6, 2023 2:23 pm

Editor:I have been privileged to make 82 orbits around our sun.   So I have seen and witnessed a lot of foreign affairs, beginning with the Korean War, Then Vietnam (A cousin served in country, and I in Thailand both of us USAF).

Letter to the Editor: Doomsday Climate Change Hysteria

VINTON TODAY
September 5, 2023 3:52 pm

Dear Editor, Some Agronomists suggest an excess of CO2 is beneficial to green crops such as corn, soybeans, alfalfa and small grains.  A bountiful harvest means we can feed more of our people worldwide.