Letter to the Editor: T'aint funny no more

VINTON TODAY
August 28, 2023 11:07 am

Dear Editor;Where has the humor gone?My goodness, it seems forever that I’ve heard a funny story; told by a real storyteller to boot.  When you get a goodie to pass on, one discovers just one-half of your audience might get the punch line, especially from the younger generation.

Around the town

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 24, 2023 1:53 pm

There are times that I look at the things our little town has created. I don't even notice them sometimes because I'm just used to seeing them. We are used to our awesome play areas for our kids, courtesy of the Vinton Parks and Rec Department, the pickleball courts, parks, the splash pad and pool.

Letter to the Editor: Robert Kennedy Jr.

VINTON TODAY
August 21, 2023 10:50 pm

Dear Editor:Another Podcast from KXEL Jacobson.  Runs on KXEL Saturday mornings a 7;30 AM and repeats on Sunday afternoonhttps://kxel.com/jacobsen/Go to the 7:09 Mark or thereabouts and continue to 23:19;  Robert Kennedy Jr.

KS newspaper raid draws plenty of attention, but journalists defy threats

IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH
August 21, 2023 10:50 pm

By CLAY WIRESTONE Ç€ KANSAS REFLECTORAfter Kansas Reflector reported on the ignominious and unconstitutional raid of the Marion County Record on Aug.

Scammers are out again

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 17, 2023 12:11 pm

I had a note from a "friend" asking if I used Amazon. Having just placed an Amazon order I thought it was referring to something else. So I said, "Yep.

Letter to the Editor: Hyperbaric O2 chamber for COVID?

VINTON TODAY
August 17, 2023 11:25 am

Editor:  https://kxel.com/jacobsen/            --- Go to 41:30 mark or thereabouts and listen to the discussion concerning hyperbaric chambers for treatment.

When the 2nd Cousin One Time Removed and the Third Cousin and I get together

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 16, 2023 9:49 pm

While I love genealogy, I don't understand the whole, 5th cousin 20 times removed thing. All I know is that somewhere in those family trees, we're all related.

Letter to the Editor: Trump brought it on himself

VINTON TODAY
August 15, 2023 2:22 pm

To The Editor,I have bit my tongue over the last couple of years when a group of so-called no-it-all’s have opined about those bad, bad Democrats and President Biden being the source of every problematic issue that arises.

Watching from the sidelines

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 9, 2023 10:55 am

This job is sometimes weird. Only because of the range of emotions that you go through in a single day. Most days begin with cracking open the laptop to see what needs to be put on the website.

When it feels like You matter...every 4 years

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
August 7, 2023 10:58 am

On Saturday, Governor Ron DeSantis one of the many Republican presidential candidates, made his way to the metropolis of Vinton for a meet-and-greet type stop.