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Deja sued: Board of Adjustment challenged again in court
The Benton County Board of Adjustment – a five-member panel of unpaid volunteers that often goes for years without meeting at all – has met several times in the several months to take ...
VS alum Loney focuses on radio, cheerleading coaching careers
When Destiny Loney had her first interview with a TV star, she was so nervous she didn't realize until it was too late that she had put her shirt on backwards.
The Vinton-Shellsburg graduat... Abbe Center relocates after tornado
The Abbe Center building, damaged in the 2011 wind storm and then damaged even more by the July 17 tornado, has been torn down.
The mental health service has moved to 309 First Avenue, across t... Cashman, Eden among FFA American Degree honorees
"I will get to wear my blue jacket at least one more time," says Emily Cashman.
Emily is one of two Vinton-Shellsburg alumni who learned this week that they have been chosen as recipi... Crash in rural Vinton claims life of couple from Mt Auburn area
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a motor vehicle accident that happened approximately 10:15 am this morning ½ mile east of Vinton on 61st Street Lane.
Preliminar...
Center Point Friends Concocting a Minion Party
By Rich Hannen
A scheme has been brewed to hold a Minion Party Saturday, Sept.24, to benefit the Center Point Andersen Public Library.
At its August meeting Friends of the Library set ...
VSHS Computer roll out August 22
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 2016-17 school year...
Strange Items at the Race Track
The Above the Influence Coalition and the Area Substance Abuse Council would like to take a brief minute of your time to share information about a recent event that took place at the race track in...
Trafford earns 3rd place ribbon in State Fair Photography contest
Rose Trafford of Vinton was among the honorees in the 2016 Iowa State Fair photography contest, earning third place in the "Planes, Trains, Automobiles" category, with a photo of
See... Democrats nominate Mathahs for District 38 Senate seat
State Senate candidate Dennis Mathahs, running to represent Iowa's 38th Senate district, officially received the Democratic nomination at a special nominating convention held last month in Belle ...