Letter to the Editor: Protect Parental Rights

VINTON TODAY
October 29, 2019 2:50 pm

Dear Editor, In today's world, it often feels like, our parental rights are under attack and being threatened by society and at times those that we elect to represent us in government.

Letter to the Editor: In Answer to a Rebuttal

VINTON TODAY
October 29, 2019 2:24 pm

In answer to a rebuttal published in our great web news – Vinton Today. I think it is appropriate that each one of us take a step back and take the preverbal “deep breath”.

I've got my eye on you

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 29, 2019 9:47 am

This last year has found me googling, ordering, getting frustrated with and then figuring out new equipment.  I opened eBay again the other night in search of another camera after I consulted my schedule for the upcoming weeks.

Letter to the Editor: It’s time to stop a taxing problem for rural Iowa

VINTON TODAY
October 28, 2019 8:47 am

The gap between rural and urban Iowa continues to widen as population, earnings and net farm income are declining in several rural areas. Unfortunately, an unintended consequence of federal tax law changes now threatens to impose an additional financial burden on rural communities.

Sometimes ya gotta get pulled over so you don't run out of gas

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 28, 2019 8:31 am

I give up. Honest, I don't intentionally try to speed, I just have places to go, and people to see, and pictures to take and video to shoot and my mind is running 100 miles an hour, and the next thing I know there's a friendly cop saying, "Hey lady!"It happened to me on Saturday.

A Man's Divorce: My Redemption

BUDDY GATEWOOD
October 24, 2019 9:34 am

I am not a swearing man. You can ask my kids.But sometimes, and only just sometimes, cussing gets to the point and tells the story better than without the bad word.

Letter to the Editor: Impeachment over a phone call

VINTON TODAY
October 23, 2019 8:13 pm

Dear Editor,So Congressional Democrats start impeachment proceedings over a PHONE CALL??  A phone call that asked for a FAVOR?   Hmmm?  I guess I shouldn’t ask my neighbor a favor to care for our pets this weekend while we watch the Cyclones vs.

Do you take our community for granted?

TRESSA WALTON
October 22, 2019 7:29 am

When people from out of town stop into our businesses, they frequently say- your town always has something going on. Do you take this for granted?  There are lots of little towns who might hold an annual celebration and very little in between.

A Man's Divorce: The Dog

BUDDY GATEWOOD
October 16, 2019 10:10 pm

(Buddy Gatewood is a guest columnist that will be sharing his experience as he maneuvers through the struggles of divorce.)I put up with the dog for many years.

If you get too full of yourself, go to a military funeral

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 14, 2019 7:57 am

In the last couple of years I've been privileged to spend a lot of time around hundreds of military people. You wouldn't think that in the midst of Iowa cornfields, and honestly it all started when I had a glimpse of a dear aunt that rose through the ranks of the Air Force to Lt.