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Upper Iowa University announces Summer 2017 Dean's List
Upper Iowa University announces the Dean's List for the 2017 Summer Session. To be honored, a student must have earned a minimum 3.50 grade point average and be enrolled as a full-time student. The ho...
Football Update: How area teams are doing as half-way point approaches
Tonight (Week 5) marks the half-way point for the 2016 high school football season in Iowa.
Vinton-Shellsburg is 0-4 heading into its Class 3A District 5 contest at South Tama (2-2) tonight. Injuri...
VGH's Health & Wellness Fair scheduled for September 30 in Belle Plaine
Virginia Gay Hospital is excited to announce the plans for a Community Health & Wellness Fair scheduled on Saturday, September 30. The event will be held from 8 am to Noon at the Belle Plaine Comm... VS-Union swimmers honor seniors, win big in only home meet of season
VSU swim team, from left: Amanda Cardenas, Clarissa Carolan, Lizzie Moore, Kaitlyn, Natalie Tecklenburg, Geordyn Webster, Emily Levis, and Arabella Shepard.
Freshman Emily Levis competes in an ea... Betterton, patients donate to Kameron Roberts family
The family of Kameron Roberts continues to feel the support of the local community, as Kameron fights cancer. The latest donation came from Betterton Chiropractic and its patients. Matt Betterton pres... One dead, two injured in semi-garbage truck accident on Highway 150
Witnesses say three men riding in the cab of this garbage truck went to the hospital by ambulance Tuesday morning. One of the three has died.
One man died and two others were injured in a Tuesday ... One dead, two injured in semi-garbage truck accident on Highway 150
Witnesses say three men riding in the cab of this garbage truck went to the hospital by ambulance Tuesday morning. One of the three has died.
The driver of a garbage truck was killed and his two o...
Eastern Iowa Honor Flight Cancelled Today Due to Fog
The Eastern Iowa Honor Flight regrets to announce the cancellation of Flight #29 which had been scheduled for today (September 19, 2019). This was due to the extremely heavy fog this morning, which pr...
Social Host Ordinance in Belle Plaine
By David Condry, Above The Influence Coalition
Underage Drinking is an issue most communities have to deal with and Benton County is no exception. In 2008, 40% of Benton County 11th graders reporte...
Elaine K. Tubaugh
Elaine K. Tubaugh, 70, of Belle Plaine, IA, passed away Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017 at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA, after a long battle with leukemia.
Elaine was born Dec. 30, 1946, in Vi...