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Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Members Bring in the Old and New Tractors!
By: Co-Reporter, Izzie Birker On Tuesday, March 19th members of the Vinton-Shellsburg FFA Chapter brought in some of their old and new tractors for the annual Drive Your Tractor to School Day. They rallied a grand total of 13 tractors for the event. After school all of the members who drove a tractor gathered together for a group picture at the end of the parking lot. Paint Iowa Beautiful awards American Legion George G Luckey Post 57
Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful have announced the 2024 grant recipients for the Paint Iowa Beautiful program. The longstanding partnership provides free paint to a wide variety of public service and community betterment projects throughout Iowa.“Diamond Vogel is thrilled to work with many local volunteers that help build communities and enhance their communities’ economic vitality,” said Doug Vogel, Vice-President of Marketing for the Iowa-based company. Final slate of Primary Candidates for Benton County June Primary
The final paperwork has been submitted for the open Benton County offices in 2024. The deadline to file was 5:00 p.m on Friday, March 22, 2024.If you are a registered Democrat or Independent but would like to vote for one of these candidates in the primary, you will need to change parties to Republican in order to vote. After the primary, you can change back.
2024 Soil & Water Conservation Poster Contest
1. Competition is open to Benton County students in Kindergarten through the 12th grade. Students should submit their entries to the Benton Soil & Water Conservation District office at 1705 W Dst, Vinton IA. There are five Divisions -- Division 1 - Grades K and 1Division 2 - Grades 2 and 3Division 3 - Grades 4 through 6Division 4 - Grades 7 through 9Division 5 - Grades 10 through 12 2. Benton County accepting applications for Benton Co. Veterans Affairs Commission
The Benton County Board of Supervisors is accepting applications for the Benton County Veterans Affairs Commission. This is a three-member commission that provides guidance and oversees operations of the Benton County Veterans Affairs Department. This position is a 3-year term and does require an applicant to be a veteran. Any veteran interested in this position will be filling this seat until the end of the current term which is June 30, 2024.
Iowa Secretary of Ag Visits area Farm
Everyone has a bucket list of sorts, and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig is no different. Last week, during the snowstorm, he was able to check one of those items off his list. He made a stop at the Wayson family farm in rural Mt. Auburn on Friday and was able to catch up with the family. Naig is no stranger to the Waysons. Last summer at the Iowa State Fair, Naig was paired with Emma to compete in the Iowa Governor's Charity Steer Show. V-S parents receive notice of possible threat
Parents of middle school students in the Vinton-Shellsburg School District received notice that a student had issued a threat on Monday. However, the school reassured parents that the threat had been investigated..The notification from the school reads, "Following the conclusion of school today we had notice of a possible threat at the middle school.
The Nature of things Spring 2024 Newsletter
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Special Email
I missed a couple of timely items for the Vinton Shellsburg School District so I am sending out this email with a special update as well on action taken by the Benton County Supervisors.
Update: The Supervisors have changed tomorrow's agenda
For unknown reasons, the Auditor item which was previously on the agenda for tomorrow has been removed from the meeting with the Benton County Supervisors. However, topic number 15 at 9:30 A.M. Information Technology is still on.Re: Possible closed session pursuant to Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i) To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual requests a closed session.