PEO Chapter MZ will meet Monday, May 11

JOANN SCHMIDT
May 4, 2015 7:33 pm

PEO Chapter MZ will meet Monday, May 11, at 1:30, at the home of Jackie Schoettmer assisted by Brenda Hackbarth. 

VS FFA plans plant sales

LOUISE FLEMING
May 1, 2015 10:33 am

The Vinton-Shellsburg FFA is conducting two plant sales this month. The first is Friday, May 8th from 3:30-5:00pm; then Saturday, May 9th from 8-11am.

Dan Kaercher will visit Vinton Monday, May 11

VIRGINIA HOLSTEN
April 30, 2015 4:17 pm

Dan Kaercher is the retired founding editor-in-chief of Midwest Living Magazine and host of "Iowa's Simple Pleasures" and other travel-related programs aired on Iowa Public Television and other public television stations nationally.

Wild edibles: Benton County Conservation plans presentation for May 9

BENTON COUNTY CONSERVATION
April 30, 2015 9:43 am

"Wild Edibles; Dandelions & Morels," a presentation by Mike Krebill, Iowa’s "Wild Food Ambassador," will take place from 10 a.

Benton County Community Foundation is RESCHEDULING “The Lunch Hour” event

CRAIG MONSON
April 29, 2015 11:32 am

The Benton County Community Foundation (BCCF) is rescheduling the luncheon for professional advisors. Originally scheduled on Thursday, May 7 in Vinton, it will now be on Thursday, September 24 in Vinton.

Breast Cancer Survivors Group to meet Tuesday, May 5

JANET WOODHOUSE
April 28, 2015 9:57 am

Breast Cancer Survivors Group:  May meeting is Tuesday, May 5 at 5:30 in the dining room at Windsor Manor.  All survivors from Vinton and area communities are welcome.

VPRD to host Annual Bike Safety Rodeo, Tuesday, May 5

MATT BOGGESS, VPRD
April 27, 2015 11:40 am

Vinton Parks and Recreation will be holding our Annual Bike Safety Rodeo to get your kids all prepped and ready for a summer of fun bike riding around town with friends and family.

Craig Erickson Band to perform after Taste of Vinton

VINTON TODAY
April 25, 2015 9:23 pm

The Taste of Vinton, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 30th will wind up at Celebration Park for a concert.  A concert by The Craig Erickson Band from Cedar Rapids will start at 6:30 p.

Bluegrass band Milltown to perform at Farmers Mercantile building in Garrison

NICK FISHER
April 23, 2015 9:13 am

Milltown, a progressive bluegrass band with traditional roots from the Quad-Cities area will perform Saturday, May 2nd from 7-9pm at the Farmers Mercantile Hall in Garrison.

BCHS plans presentation on Lincoln, railroads and Civil War

ROSEMARY SCHWARTZ, BCHS
April 23, 2015 9:12 am

The Benton County Historical Society presents “Lincoln, Railroads and the Civil War” Saturday May 2 at 2 p.m. at the Vinton Railroad Depot Museum 612 Second Avenue, Vinton.