Events And Activities

PEO Chapter HG to meet March 28

       PEO Chapter HG will meet Monday, March 28th at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Nancy Good.  Betsy Hadley will present the program and Pat Beatty will be co-ho...

Nira Primmer Geiger also featured at Friday\'s Palace event

 Nira (Primmer) Geiger, Vinton, in her home 1983 Celebrate Women's History month: Friday, March 25 free showing of Her Own Story: A Montage of Benton County Women Palace ...

Frieda Geiken: Story of discrimination against German Americans during WWI

Frieda Geiken 1983, at her home in Vinton Freida Geiken, born Freida Brehm, had many stories to tell about the hardships of growing up on a farm outside Vinton, and about the early days of farming with her husband and raising a family...

Lutheran Home Auxillary Spring Luncheon

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Allegra (Grady)Schueler, one of the featured women in Palace presentation

Allegra Many remember Van Horne's Allegra (Grady)Schueler as one of Benton County's most expert historians. She could tell dozens of stories about Benton County early in the last century, but ...

CP Library Friends Sponsors Free Poetry Workshop Mar. 28

                  To kick off the second annual Friends of the Center Point Library Spring Gala and poetry writing contest Friends is sponsori...

Blessed Hope to host ecumenical worship service

Sunday, March 20th @ 6 p.m., Blessed Hope Church will be hosting an ecumenical worship service. The church is located at 1509 M Ave. (behind Theisen's) Folks from other area churches will a...

Donkey Basketball arriving

Join six teams from the Vinton-Shellsburg area as they ride comically trained donkeys in a quest to become the donkey dribbling champions! Tickets are $6 in advance or $8 at the door. (Tickets ...

Free career counseling session offered at Wesley United

       Looking for employment, but not really sure which way to go? Then call today for a free career counseling session on Wednesday, March 23rd at Wesley United Methodist ...

VS Middle School choirs to perform Thursday

       Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School 7th & 8th Grade Choirs will perform in concert on Thursday, March 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Students from th...