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FFA members relax at World's Toughest Rodeo
Front Row, Left to Right: Franki Evans, Shelby McDonald, Blake Witzel, George "˜Wes' Haefner, Ben Eden, Amy Thomas, Bree Tharp, Collin Henry. Back Row: Kaite McGee, Monet Elwick, Riley Schn... 'Crazy' sportsmanship: Vinton 10-year-old earns unique regional AYSO award
The Vinton fifth-grade soccer player honored for outstanding sportsmanship among players in a nine-state region responded to the news of her honor by telling her parents, "Why me? I don't do anyt... McKenna receives Kisher Scholarship from ISU
Ashley McKenna, a junior in materials engineering from Vinton, recently received the $5,000 MTI Bert Kisher Memorial Scholarship to assist in her undergraduate educational experience at Iowa State...
VS alum Andreesen hoping to end ISU band career at NCAA tourney
Claire Andreesen (front, left) celebrates ISU's win over Iowa in 2015, one of her favorite pep band memories.
Among those cheering most loudly for an Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball victory e... VSHS Debate Team performs well; Steele, Thompson advance to Octofinal Round
Jared Thompson, left and David Steele advanced to the Octofinal Round at the State Debate event.
The Vinton-Shellsburg 2017 Debate Team performed exceptionally well at the Iowa High School Speech ... University of Nebraska-Lincoln Announces Dean's List
Rachel Gordon of Shellsburg has been named to the Deans' List at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the fall semester of the 2016-17 academic year.
Gordon, a sophomore English major, was named ...
Inspiration for those rendered speechless on Valentine's Day
Well, it's about that time of the year again - that time when men who can normally talk incessantly about just about anything - no matter how insignificant - without pausing to find the right wor...
Vinton Prays: Local women start prayer group, lending libraries
April Hummel sorts through prayer cards as she sets up the first of several Vinton Prays boxes outside her in-law's house on 2nd Avenue Saturday morning.
"Even if only one person benefits fro... Burroughs to be Awarded for 10 Years of Service
The State of Iowa Judicial Branch is pleased to announce the following recipients of the Sixth Judicial District's annual awards, to be formally presented at a reception on February 20, 2017, at ...
Area students named to Cornell Dean's List
Cornell College named over 200 students to its Dean's List for the Fall 2016 semester. Dean's List students include:
Morgan Barnard of Keystone earned Honors
Cale Jamesson of Keystone earned Hig...