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Vinton girl continues accepting gift cards, certificates to show thanks to area emergency personnel
Kayla Kies holds some of the 30 Tootsies gift certificates she collected for area first responders on Tuesday.
After seeing the destruction brought on by the fire last week, and the many emergency... Mayor Thanks Area Fire Departments
On behalf of the City of Vinton, I would like to thank you for your assistance with the Fire of February 8th that devastated three, decades-old businesses and affected several others. Had it not been ...
Consumer Advisory Issued for Chicken Salad Purchased at Fareway
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals (DIA) today jointly issued a consumer advisory for chicken salad sold at Fareway stores. The chicken sala...
Following additional clean up, Downtown streets to be opened on Monday, 2/12/18
The City of Vinton and local businesses continue to deal with the aftermath of the fire that startedduring the evening of February 8, 2018.
The fire was reported in the Michael & Dowd Furniture...
"A million things up in the air" as Clingman ponders future of pharmacy building
City crews cleaned the sidewalk area around the fire site before installing fence around the area.
Jon Clingman expressed his gratitude to Mike LaGrange and the rest of the employees at LaGrange P... Fire recovery under way: Fischer announces temporary office, Benton County title begins clean-up
Cleaning crews and volunteers spent part of Saturday doing what they could to salvage items from the Fischer law office building and remove smoke and water damage from the Benton County title building... The earliest photos of, and the earliest response to, Vinton's historic fire (and an urgent safety reminder)
7:17 p.m.: The first of the flames at the Michael and Dowd building. (Photos by Mandy Kakac)
7:18 p.m.
As the wife of Garrison volunteer fireman Eric Kakac, Mandy Kakac knows more than most ... Michael & Dowd, Clingman buildings demolished
At 5 p.m. Thursday, it seemed like business as usual for Clingman Pharmacy and the Michael & Dowd businesses.
But the fire that burned all night and continued smoldering all day, all that was l... Due to the weather...The Library is OPEN
The Vinton Public Library is open due to the lack of snow that was predicted.
Come on in, grab a book and to curl up with this weekend!... Vinton-Shellsburg No School Friday February 9th
Due to the weather, there will be NO SCHOOL Friday, Feb 9... There will now be school on March 16 as that is our next snow make up day. ...