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Becker pleads guilty to BDG theft; Bonlander case involving North Benton Ambulance Service continued
Former Benton Development Group Director Ranae Becker pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $50,000 from the organization.
In a hearing on July 13, Becker appeared in Benton County District Court, wher...
Vinton-Shellsburg Students Explore Academic Interests at Grant Wood AEA"™s College for Kids
If you ask Alli Kemp, architects aren't the only visionaries capable of designing their own buildings; kids can build today's world too.
Kemp is only an eighth-grader, yet she can already e...
Thompson's homer gives Vikings 1-0 win for district championship; VS to play Oskaloosa Wednesday in Sub-State
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With his future college baseball coach standing just a few yards away, Jared Thompson made the biggest hit of his high school career, hittin... BDG begins marketing campaign, creates commercials for unique area businesses
Iowa Mold and Engineering of Belle Plaine is the first Benton County business to be featured in a new BDG marketing campaign.
Benton Development Group has launched a marketing campaign for the com... Petersens to lead Benton County chefs to State Fair Cookout
The Grand Champion of the 2017 Benton County Farm Bureau Cookout is Renee Petersen, who won the top honor with her Combo-Specialty entry, pork pinwheel. Renee joins her husband, Gene, a previous winne... Fair Queen Katy Ward to represent Benton County at Iowa State Fair
For Katy Ward, the Benton County Fair began on Wednesday with her pedal tractor project being chosen as one of the State Fair projects, and ended on Sunday, when she was named among the many honorees ... Vinton man dies in accident; woman remains in hospital
Vinton resident Donald Selken, 81, died in an accident on Highway 21 near Dysart on Saturday. A passenger in his car, Lois Schmitt Selken, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Ac... North Eden Willing Workers 4-H Club Keeping the Fair Clean
By Tressa Walton
For the past several years the North Eden Willing Workers 4-H Club has taken care of the garbage at the Benton County Fair. After the first year, several of the members noticed how... New synthetic opioid drug threat recently discovered in Iowa
Virginia Gay Hospital and the Benton County Department of Public Health are passing along the following press release about synthetic pain pills in Iowa:
The Iowa Department of Public Health, Depar...
MentalHealthU (MHU) Mobile App Lists Community Resources in the East Central Region
By Carol Zander
Mental Health/Disability Services of the East Central Region (ECR) wants to help residents in the nine-county region locate services available to them for mental health, substance a...