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Vinton Police Department Log for Week of June 12-18, 2023

Vinton Police Department Log for Week of June 12-18, 2023All Charges are subject to review by the Benton County Attorney’s Office. An arrest or criminal charge is merely an accusation, and the Defen...

Trash Collection Q&A

Trash collection is currently facilitated through J and R Sanitation of Garrison, IA. Beginning July 1, 2023, sanitation services will be facilitated through S&J Sanitation. The billing for t...

2023 Iowa State Fair 4-H Static Winners for the Benton County Fair

The following static exhibitors have a project selected for the Iowa State Fair!Please Note: Exhibitors highlighted in gray have been identified as an alternate in case the state fair selected exhibit...

Benton County 2023 Commodity Group Winners

The following static exhibitors have a project selected for a Benton County Commodity Group Award!Thank you to Benton County Corn Growers Association, Benton County Dairy Producers, Benton County Catt...

The Benton County Fair is underway!

Rides are being set up at the fair and judging has begun for 4-H The Benton County Fair is underway!It takes many, many people to pull off the events at the fair. Several competitions and displays are now being seen in the Open Class Building (off to the left as yo...

Talk, Talk, Talk

By Tami Stark It doesn’t seem to matter what circle I’m in or where we go these days, the question of “Is there going to be a Boomtown 2023” is coming up more and more often! As the first ...

Blessed Hope holds Annual Faith in Action

Blessed Hope Community Church held their annual in town mission project, Faith in Action. The church compiles a list of locations in the community that need assistance. Sometimes people are nominated ...

Sparks Fly at District Ag Mechanics

Christopher Fleming, Andrew Brummer, and Dallas Fairbanks received 4th Place Team at District Ag Mechanics.            By Co-Reporter, Izzie Birker “Although this is my first year doing this contest I learned a lot and am looking forward to preparing for next year,” said Jaice Tuttle. Tuttle...

Vinton Residents Invited to Share Ideas at Community Visioning Design Workshop

Residents will have the opportunity to share their ideas for improving Vinton at a design workshop hosted by the Vinton Visioning committee at the Farmer’s Market in Celebration Park on Thursday eve...

Vinton, Where Everybody Knows Your Name, wraps Party in the Park 2023

"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" was the theme of this year's Party in the Park. The theme coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Cheers TV show that used that song as its theme song.The communit...