Sports
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - August 25th, 2020 4:45 pm
It's Football season again or should I say FINALLY! Football shirts for the new season are now available. If you would like to order the new Vinton-Shellsburg Football apparel, click here to see the order form!
BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY - August 25th, 2020 1:26 am

The Benton County Speedway “the Bullring” hosted the 2020 Season Championship races on Sunday night in front of a very enthusiastic race crowd.The racing family rallied around one of its own on Sunday night, with the devastating news coming early last week that long time BCS racer, Nate Chandler has been diagnosed with a very rare incurable stage 4 cancer.
BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY - August 21st, 2020 1:41 am
Benton County Speedway Sunday, August 16 Feature Results (top 5)Kiss Country IMCA Modifieds48K Kolin Hibdon-Pahrump, NV11X Tom Berry Jr.-Des Moines26J Joel Rust -Grundy Center71C Troy Cordes-Dunkerton71X Ryan Maitland-WaterlooAlbert Auto Stock Cars99 Dallon Murty-Chelsea14C Leah Wroten-Independence05 John Oliver Jr.-Danville7SR Shawn Ritter-Keyston
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - August 18th, 2020 7:45 am

For many, last week's storm found cleanup something of a task in need of many hands. Sophia Kreutner an upcoming Sophmore at Vinton-Shellsburg, shared images of her family's residence following the storm. As part of the girl's basketball team, some of the players of the team got together on Monday evening to make a plan to help the Brian and Jen Kreutner family.
JEFF HOLMES - August 13th, 2020 11:04 pm

VINTON — They’re already working hard every morning at practice, but members of the Vinton-Shellsburg football team have been pulling double-duty as many Viking players and coaches have been out in the area helping residents clean-up after Monday’s derecho storm.“We have a lot of kids who have been busting their tails after practice helping our community,” said V-S head coach Jim Womochil.
BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY - August 10th, 2020 3:51 pm

The Benton County Speedway hosted 114 race teams on a warm and sultry night that saw a great crowd witness a wildly entertaining night of racing. The Kiss Country IMCA Modifieds saw 21 drivers take the initial green flag with Austin Kuehl all the way from Cave Creek, Arizona lead several laps before BCS regular Troy Cordes took over the top spot. Cordes lead was short lived as one of Iowa's hottest Modified drivers took over the top spot.
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - August 6th, 2020 4:41 pm

Saturday morning found members of the Vinton Aquatic Swim team warming up to compete at the swim meet held at the Vinton swimming pool. Hosting Waterloo's USS Destroyers, the two teams competed in 58 different events. The competition began at 9:00 am and wrapped up at Noon. The boys and girls ranged in ages from 8 years old to age 19. To view photos from the event, click to view photos and click here to view the results.
BENTON COUNTY SPEEDWAY - August 3rd, 2020 3:08 pm

After a week off due to extreme heat and threat of storms the Benton County Speedway “ the Bullring” was back in action on Sunday night. The six regular weekly classes plus the American Iron Racing Series all raced on a perfectly prepared race track. The KISS Country IMCA Modifieds ran a very clean race with veteran racer Troy Cordes from Dunkerton scoring the win.
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - August 3rd, 2020 2:38 am

Party in Pink's 5K Run/Walk while had a much smaller group of participants this year, with 130 runners and walkers with 40 virtual runners, was down from around 400 who usually participate. Virtual runners chose their own route over the course of this weekend, and ran in different locations. Party in Pink's sponsorships and donations made up for the lower number of participants this year and organizers say the amount normally raised will be down a few thousand from a normal year.
JEFF HOLMES - August 3rd, 2020 1:04 am
We had the chance to have one more visit with Carli Lang and Lillie Lamont tonight before they head off to college. Here is tonight's video!