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5 Things You Can Do Now to Reduce Your Flu Risk

[et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] This time of year if you ask any healthcare prov...

Union HS Chamber Choir to perform at State Girls Basketball Championships

By Tim Mitchell, Union Choir Director Over the last 18 years, the Union High School Vocal Department has become a regular participant at, oddly enough, all of the state athletic finals. They are no...

Weather advisory: NWS says 3-6 inches of snow possible; VS schools dismiss 3 hours early

Benton County is in the area where the snow is predicted to be among the heaviest from the most recent winter storm to pass through the area. The National Weather Service says three to six inches of s...

Vinton-Shellsburg to Dismiss 3 Hours Early, 2/5/18

VSCSD: Due to the weather, there will be a 3hr Early Out Feb 5, No PM Preschool... Please be safe on your way home from school....

Grassley shares life story with Benton high school students; says civility is nation's greatest need

BCHS student Laura VonKampen interviews Sen. Chuck Grassley at the school, Feb. 1. By Dean Close, Editor Career advice. Tips for new farmers. Thoughts on what America needs most. Oh, a...

Virginia Gay Hospital announces the addition of 3D mammography

3D mammography is now available at Virginia Gay Hospital. 3D mammography is another example of the partnership between the Virginia Gay medical community, the Virginia Gay Hospital Health Care Foundat...

Central College Students Named to Dean's List

More than 400 students earned a spot on the fall 2017 dean's list for Central College. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale whil...

UW-Platteville announces Dean's List

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville announces its Dean's List, honoring those full-time students who earned high honors in their respective colleges in the fall 2017 semester. The College of Bu...

Addie Bjornsen Named to Culver-Stockton College's Dean's List

Addie Bjornsen, a Elementary Educ & Early Childhood major from Urbana, was named to the Culver-Stockton College Dean's List for academic achievement during the fall 2017 semester. To be named t...

Galkowski to Court: Return all seized animals

By Dean Close, Editor After testifying on Monday that she had been "overwhelmed" by caring for approximately 150 rescue animals, along with her hundreds of show rabbits and guinea pigs, Barbara Gal...