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VS swimming: Vikings lose close meet to Oskaloosa, 48-45
Junior Tyler Hekel finished 2nd in the 100 backstroke for the VS Vikings swim team vs. Oskaloosa.
The Vinton-Shellsburg boys swim team hosted Oskaloosa on Tuesday, coming up just short on a total ... Revolution Church: A place for worship, and community meetings
For decades, the building on 1st Avenue, between 4th and 5th Street, with the tall pillars and metal doors served as a place for meals and gatherings, Legion Bingo games and other events when it was t... Local departments praised for helping feds with Lebanon gun smuggling case
Bassem Afif Herz, age 31, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced today following his pleas of guilty to various charges related to a scheme to illegally export hundreds of firearms to Lebanon.
Herz...
Pangolins, Hawksbill turtles and chinchillas: VSMS students succeed while discussing endangered species
The Savage Sea Turtles: The seventh grade VSMS First Lego League team advanced to State, along with 6th and 8th grade VSMS teams.
One of them sounds like the company that employed hundreds making ... Benton County Community Foundation's Grant Writing Workshop to be held January 10
By Andrea Pingel
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 10, at 7:00 p....
Last year for full Kersten light display? Owner discusses history, challenges of project
The Santa in the chimney isa favorite among the Kersten light display. This may be the last year the full display will be seen, says Heidi Kersten.
Sometime every December, I park on a country roa... Vinton Presbyterian Church to offer Free Christmas dinner
It has become a labor of love. Started as a "what if" question three years ago, the Presbyterian Church of Vinton began serving dinner on Christmas Day as a way to serve others in their com...
Mediacom outage impacts VGH phone lines
Virginia Gay Hospital, Clinics, Home Health, Nursing and Rehab is currently working to implement theirback-up phone system due to a fiber optic issue in Cedar Rapids with Mediacom this afternoon (12/1...
Urbana Student, Hearn makes Dean's List
The following students received academic honors from Milwaukee School of Engineering for the 2016 Fall Quarter:
Elizabeth Hearn, Dean's List, Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Underg...
VS Middle School, High School musicians celebrate season at holiday band concert
The annual Vinton-Shellsburg winter Band Extravaganza took place in the Middle School gym on Monday, where the audience heard the sixth, seventh, and eighth grade bands, as well as the VS High School ...