The Annual Fields of Faith event will take place at hundreds of schools nationwide, including locally at Union Football Field, on Wednesday, Oct. 3. “We are excited to say we will have three impact stories from two UNI gals who  are swimmers and  a call to action with a former arena football player, Mick Rodemeyer at he end,” says organizer and Union coach Joe Hadachek.

The Benton County Breast Cancer Survivors will meet October 8 in the dining room of Windsor Manor at 5:45. Dinner is seven dollars; no reservations required.

"Last year the first Woosley Tours arrived in Vinton for a noon time meal event and it was, indeed, very successful. So much so, that they are returning on September 27, for a second dining/meeting/entertainment experience" said Frank Kruse, Event Coordinator Lavanda Woosley operates a touring company out of Cedar Rapids and says of her business, "I schedule trips when I want to go, where I want to go and then see who wants to come along!" She chose to tour Vinton's historic Rock Island Depot complete with tour guide Reverend Phil , Vinton's noted railroad historian and scholar.

The Brandon Fire Department will hold their 37th Annual Auction on Sunday, October 7 at 1:00 pm. The sale will be held at the Brandon Community Center located at 802 Mai St.

Several local residents joined Vinton Unlimited Director Melissa Schwan and Sharon Happel of the Benton County Historical Society at the Vinton 150th celebration office (located in the Governor Sherman building on 1st Avenue) to help compile local history.

An event specifically for 8th-12th grade girls is a safe place to share who they are and to explore who God says they are. The event will be held Saturday, November 10, from 10:00 a.

On October 6, a presentation entitled, "The Devil Has My Consent" will be held at the Ray House, hosted by the Benton County Historical Society. The presentation will begin at 10:00 a.

The Vinton Red Cross Blood Drive will be held Thursday, Sept. 20, from 1:00 to 6:00 at the Vinton Skate Center.  Blood supplies are low now with the hurricane causing many drives to be cancelled on the east coast.

More than 100 AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) North Central Region alums and staff are descending on Vinton, Iowa this weekend. They are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the AmeriCorps NCCC North Central Region campus opening in Vinton, Iowa in 2008.