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Center Point-Urbana begins 2016 football season at VS
Center Point-Urbana is in Class 3A in football this year, and will face teams from eastern Iowa for the next two seasons as a member of Class 3A, District 4.
Also in District 4 are: Davenport Assum...
Thanks to all who made Fair Queen contest a success
By Angie Becker
The Benton County Fairboard would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Payton Sash as the 2016 Benton County Fair Queen, Bobbie Hilmer as the 2016 Benton County Fair Pr...
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
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VS surplus sale set for Aug. 9
Vinton-Shellsburg CSD Surplus Items Sale will take place Tuesday, August 9, from 11:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. in the Auto Shop Behind the Middle School
The district has numerous miscellaneous i...
Fischer named to ISBA Board of Governors
DES MOINES, Iowa – The Iowa State Bar Association would like to announce the appointment of the following Cedar Rapids and Iowa CIty-area attorneys to leadership roles for the 2016-17 fiscal...
VS FFA Floriculture team earns 2nd place
On June 14th, 2016 four Vinton-Shellsburg FFA chapter members participated in state floriculture CDE at Kirkwood Community College. Kirkwood is the only school in the state that offers Floral care...
Three towns, three events for VS FFA this summer
Each year Shellsburg, Garrison, and Vinton have events that take place to get members of the community out and mingling. The day or days that those occur people get to meet others, eat real good f...
VS FFA team competes in Ag Mechanics event
On June 9, four V-S FFA chapter members went to the Ag 450 Farm at Iowa State University in Ames to compete in state Ag Mechanics.
The team of Grant Ries, George Haefner, Collin Henry, and Ja...
Work hard, play hard: VS FFA Officers grow together at Retreat
Officer retreat took place from Wednesday July 27th to Friday July 29th in Clear Lake, Iowa. It was an adventure for every officer, both advisors, and their husbands. Over the three-day experience...
Dollar General for Shellsburg? City sets hearing for Aug. 22
The Shellsburg City Council has scheduled a town hall meeting for Aug 22 at 6:00 pm at the American Legion for public input concerning the annexation for the proposed Dollar General to be located a...