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Who’s Who of AmeriCorps NCCC Class 17

Melissa Andrea     Today’s spotlight is Melissa Andreas who hails from Corvallis, OR.  Behind the scenes working as the Cedar Unit Support Team Leader, Melissa graduated from Walla W...

Meet AmeriCorps team leader Mariel Fonteyn

Mariel Fonteyn     Today’s spotlight is Mariel Fonteyn who hails from Eagle River, AK.  Working in the field as the Team Leader of Maple 6, Mariel has a Bachelors of Arts in Political...

Kaplan University Announces Local Winter 2011 Online Graduate, Vallarie Anderson

     Vallarie Anderson of Vinton, IA, has been awarded a Bachelor of Science in Management degree in Management from Kaplan University, a...

ABATE Visits State Capitol

Area ABATE members visited Des Moines and posed for photo with Rep. Dawn Pettengill.   Mt. Auburn residents visited the Capitol this week. ABATE members Desiree Coleman, Sharon Stone-Husmann, and Lance Husmann met with Rep. Dawn Pettengill (R-Mount Auburn).  &nb...

Meet the Americorps Team Leaders: Erin Hurley

  Who’s Who of AmeriCorps NCCC Class 17 By: Brittney Green   Today’s spotlight is Erin Hurley who hails from Delaware, OH.  Leading Oak 7 this year, Team Le...

We salute our American Legion

  I would like to publicly recognize and thank Vinton’s George G. Luckey American Legion Post #57 for the wonderful tribute they pay our deceased veterans and their families. Wh...

National 4-H Livestock Event Placements Announced

  Iowa 4-H teams took high honors at several recent national judging events, according to Mike Anderson, 4-H agriculture program coordinator with Iowa State University Extension. The W...

Vinton journalists bring home INA awards

Kyle Webb     There was a rare absence for a Vinton-Shellsburg basketball game Friday evening. The familiar cap and camera belonging to Cedar Valley Daily Times/Vinton Eagle sports editor Josh...

I\'m dreaming of a...sidewalk!

Benton County Courthouse surrounded  on all sides by the huge piles of snow Just a few local photos taken by Wesley McElwee following the snowstorm this week...shots to put in the scrapbook for sure! ...

My Selfless Neighbors

  Russ Hupfeld and John Schoettmer are two of the best neighbors a person could ask for. Last spring a big limb fell off the tree in my front yard and John came over, cut and cleaned...