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VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - June 18th, 2021 3:47 am
Just last summer the city council heard about plans to build a new Vinton Emergency Services Facility. The location of the new facility will be on the corner of Highway 218/South K Ave. and 13th...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - June 18th, 2021 3:29 am
Neither rain, nor the threat of it stopped events in downtown Vinton on Thursday evening. As they have done for several years, Farmers Savings Bank & Trust staff served the Vinton community a picn...
FARM BUREAU FINANCIAL SERVICES - June 18th, 2021 3:16 am
The Benton County Farm Bureau organization, and its members, donate to the Benton County Disaster Recovery Coalition. The Farm Bureau board of directors reached out to the members in Benton County wit...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - June 17th, 2021 5:03 pm
The Benton County Cattlemen’s Association treated area students with a grilled hamburger as part of their lunch on Thursday. Usually each summer the farmers lend a hand to the lunch ladies and not o...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - June 17th, 2021 3:04 pm
Brian Carlson, a Benton County farmer, was able to be part of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Brazil Market Study trip in 2020. Carlson said that he has wanted to visit Brazil for decades, so he appli...
VINTON TODAY - June 16th, 2021 4:30 pm
The local DECAT / CPPC group Flourishing Families have donated sports equipment which included footballs, soccer balls, volleyballs, basketballs, playground balls and Frisbee disks to the Benton and I...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - June 16th, 2021 12:52 am
The George G. Luckey Post 57 American Legion held their annual flag disposal ceremony on Monday evening which was also Flag Day. All of the flags set to be destroyed were the stars and stripes except ...
VINTON LIONS CLUB - June 15th, 2021 2:45 pm
Vinton Lions have paid the annual fees for the charter of Vinton Boy ScoutsTroop 47 since 1932. Over the years, many Scouts have gone on to becomeactive members of the Vinton Lions Club.Vinton Lions C...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - June 15th, 2021 12:39 pm
First, we got to brag about Vinton's Nathan's Smile glow trail was the longest glow trail in the United States (maybe the world). Now Vinton can add to that popularity sweetening it up with a world re...
VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR - June 14th, 2021 4:45 pm
Sunday morning the Pohlmann family who live a block north of Tilford Elementary were surprised to find a fawn resting in the shade of their garage. After calling a neighbor called the DNR and with i...