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Benton County Community Foundation (BCCF) hosts grant writing workshop

The Benton County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, will be hosting a public grant writing workshop on Tuesday, January 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the Van Horne...

Double Punches on Holiday Lights punch cards this weekend!

Surprise! Get DOUBLE PUNCHES on your "˜holiday lights' punch card this weekend! Friday, December 15 through Sunday, December 17 It is the PERFECT opportunity to wrap up your holiday...

Kathie Adams Wins Week 3 of Holiday Lights Punch card drawing

By Melissa Schwan Vinton Unlimited is happy to announce that Kathie Adams is the week 3 winner in the "˜Holiday Lights' punch card drawing! Kathie has won Vinton Value Dollars. Each we...

Annual Fall Fruit Sales Fundraiser

By: Franki Evans, VS FFA Co-Reporter On October 11th we started our Annual Fall Fundraiser, it is our biggest fundraiser of the year. Our officers set a goal of selling $40,000 just like we hav...

NE District Greenhand Fire-Up

Left to Right starting in the back: Mathew Rippel, Paul Kueny, Cynlea Adams, Brooks Erickson, Elijah Kalous. Middle: Majorie Davis, Kylee Delay, Eli Powers, Alesha Brunssen. Bottom Row: Terry Lint, S...

Stormin Vikings set 28 new personal best times at Grinnell Invitational swim meet

By Rob Levis, Coach The 2017 Vinton Shellsburg/CPU "Stormin' Vikings" continue to make significant strides early in the season. On Saturday the team registered 28new personal best tim...

Registration Ongoing for College Scholarship Program

Scholarship Gives 30 Iowa High School Seniors $2,000, Educates Them on College Borrowing and Personal Finance Registration is ongoing for a scholarship that offers Iowa high school seniors a cha...

VS School Board approves School Resource Officer agreement with city

Thanks to a grant program, the Vinton-Shellsburg School District and the Vinton Police Department will work together on a School Resource Officer Program, with a police officer assigned to the school ...

2018 Benton Co. Fair to start June 27

The 2018 Benton County Fair will begin nearly a month earlier than it has typically taken place. The Benton County Extension Office has announced that the 2018 Fair will begin on Wednesday, June 27...

Tilford PTO Collecting Used Legos

By: Angela Sarrels Do you have Legos that your kids no longer play with? I know a number of my friends and family do and they talk about how they are just boxed up in storage not being used. Thi...