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Educators discuss school funding at Vinton forum
The future of funding for public education, particulary how it impacts Vinton-Shellsburg and other area schools, was the topic of a forum on Monday in the Tilford auditorium.
Speakers included supe...
Sunflowers: Food for songbirds, doves along Cedar River
Many area residents have been stopping at the Dudgeon Wildlife Area to get a closer look at the maturing sunflowers that form neat rows between Highway 150 and the Cedar River.
The flowers are part... LaGrange Pharmacy serves lunch for area businesses
Dan LaGrange at the grill flipping burgers.
You can always tell when someone is grilling in the neighborhood!
Friday, shoppers in the downtown area might have been a bit confused as they shoppe... Garrison continues long relationship with Iowa Theatre Artists; Woody Guthrie show set for September
Garrison Lions are teaming up with a neighborhood professional theater company once again for a fundraiser you won't want to miss, Friday, Sept.8 at 7:00 P.M at the Garrison Farmer's Mer... Wanda May Lastovka
Wanda May Lastovka, 80, of Belle Plaine, Iowa passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Belle Plaine Specialty Care.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 7, 2017 at Hrabak-Neuhaus Funeral Service,... VSHS changes laptop roll-out process
The Vinton-Shellsburg High School roll-out of computers will be different this year. All registered students entering grades 9-12 at VSHS will continue to get a computer for the 2017-18 school year. B...
Putting People First
VGH's Atkins Family Medical Clinic shows how a "People Forward" purpose makes a difference
(Article is part of Virginia Gay Hospital's bi-annual publication, "Thrive" Spring/Summer 20... Ally Bierschenk among candidates for Iowa Dairy Princess
Thirteen young women involved with the Iowa dairy community will compete to win the title of 64th Iowa State Dairy Princess Wednesday, Aug. 9, at 8 p.m. at the Multi-Media Center of the Ca...
Vinton teen delivers 1,400 books to Haiti
Jenna Lane recently made a trip to the island of Haiti along with a group from Blessed Hope Church of Vinton.
Lane, a Vinton-Shellsburg High School student, took on a project of collectin... Color-A-Thon raises funds for VSHS NYC/DC trip
VSHS cheerleaders were among those adding color to the fund-raising event.
The VSHS students who plan to visit New York City and Washington, D.C. next spring raised around $1,000 toward that trip ...