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VSCSD provides Summer Meals: Site Locations and Times

It’s time to think about keeping children healthy while school is out. Vinton-Shellsburg CSD provides FREE meals to children during the summer. Meals will be provided, on a first-come, first-serve ...

Benton County Fair Queen Candidates for 2023

Izzie Birker Izzie BirkerMy name is Izzie Birker, I am the daughter of Scott and Jenni Birker. I have 2 siblings. Cole is 13 and Katie is 10. We live outside of Vinton on our farm where we raise beef cattle and co...

Vinton-Shellsburg Announces 2nd Semester Honor Roll Students

* denotes 4.0 grade point averagAspen Ahrenholz*Angela AhrensteinAndrew AllsupIan AllsupEaston Almquist*Kelcie ApplebyAthena Aragon*Noah ArmstrongParker ArnoldPaige BearbowerIsabel BirkerLucas BirkerJ...

Vinton Class of '83 holds 40th Reunion

Vinton Class of 1983 holds 40th Class Reunion Members of the Vinton Class of 1983 held their 40th class reunion on Friday and Saturday in Vinton. Members of the class met at the Ron da Voo on Friday night, and then met to golf on Saturday morning...

Shellsburg and Garrison Summer Meal information for students

Vinton-Shellsburg is offering in-house meals at Shellsburg Elementary and the Garrison Public Library, starting June 5th, 2023.Please contact Karen Ackman, District Food Service Director, with any que...

Talley: Life in prison without the possibility of parole & Restitution

Life in prison without parole, and $150,000 in restitution ordered for Tacoa Talley The murder conviction of Tacoa Talley in the death of Jodie Bevans resulted in his sentencing trial being set for Friday afternoon. Because the defense attorney had forgotten about the hearing, there ...

Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Plant Sales

Dahlias that were grown and sold in the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Plant Sales. By Co-Reporter, Juliana LuisThe Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter and Greenhouse Management Class held their annual Plant Sales from April 28th-May 14th. From the beginning of the school year the greenhou...

Bear Creek Church's Memorial Day Tradition raises funds to repair church

Bear Creek Church held its annual open house with coffee and rolls for visitors to enjoy as they visited before and after the Memorial Day service. Speaking for the service was John Karrick. The commi...

V-S FFA Teaches the Future at 3rd Ag Day

Andrew Pingenot teaches 3rd graders about rabbits and poultry at 3rd Grade Ag Day. By Co-Reporter, Juliana LuisOn Wednesday, May 3rd, the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA chapter assisted with teaching 3rd graders about agriculture. The day included learning about animal safety, machine safety...

Women's Club makes Donation to Little Knights Learning Center

Pictured left to right: Holly Mills, Brooke Hewitt, Carolyn Herman During the May meeting of the La Porte City Women’s Club, the group voted to donate a substantial amount to the Little Knights Learning Center. A donation of $4,000 from the LPC Women’s Club was m...