'Intensive grazing' pasture walk set for May 23, near Giard

BENTON COUNTY EXTENSION
May 3, 2012 12:06 pm

  Pasture Walk Focuses on Intensive Grazing   Pasture improvement and rotational grazing are key topics for many beef and dairy producers, but one of the big challenges becomes subdivision, fencing, and watering systems over rolling or rough terrain.

National Day of Prayer event today at noon, at courthouse

VINTON TODAY
May 3, 2012 10:35 am

  The National Day of Prayer is this Thursday, May 3. Anyone interested in praying with other area residents for their community and nation is invited to meet at noon in front of the Benton County Courthouse.

Legion Monument dedication set for Saturday at Iowa Veterans Cemetery

VINTON TODAY
May 3, 2012 1:26 am

  The American Legion of Iowa family will host a dedication ceremony commemorating the Legion monument at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, a project which has been in the works for nearly two years.

Dedication Ceremony for American Legion Monument

ROGER UTHOFF
May 2, 2012 10:26 am

    The American Legion of Iowa family will host a dedication ceremony commemorating the Legion monument at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, a project which has been in the works for nearly two years.

Visit 'Friends of the Shelter' tonight from 5-7

DONITA CASEY, FRIENDS OF THE SHELTER
May 2, 2012 10:12 am

  Friends of the Shelter, Inc.  has reached a long term goal of providing an easily accessible community resource, education, and adoption center in this area.

BACCALAUREATE SERVICE to be held May 16th

VINTON TODAY
May 1, 2012 11:29 pm

  BACCALAUREATE SERVICE Wednesday, May 16th, at 7:00 pm in the Vinton Shellsburg High School Auditorium. This event us sponsored by the Vinton Area Ministerial Association.

Relay for Life set for June 1; information on luminarias offered

FRIEDA DAVIS
May 1, 2012 12:20 pm

  The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Benton County will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 1, at the Vinton Shellsburg High School Track, Vinton.

Reifenstahl benefit planned for May 12

VINTON TODAY
May 1, 2012 12:14 pm

For more than nine years, Tina (Dolley) Reifenstahl has been fighting a very aggressive and rare form of breast cancer called HER2NUE. The cancer had progressed to the lymph nodes in her arm and neck and recently began attacking her brain.

Blind bike racer to speak in Vinton, May 5

VINTON TODAY
May 1, 2012 11:40 am

  Bobby McMullen, Blind Extreme Bike Racer will be speaking to Parents of Blind Children on the Iowa Braille Campus 8:45- 10:15 for the Spring Parent conference on Saturday May 5.

Parkinson's Support Group will meet May 24th

BETHANY CLEMENSON, WINDSOR MANOR
April 29, 2012 11:30 pm

The Parkinson’s Support Group Next meeting is May 24th at 1:30 in the Windsor Manor Dining Room – Program: Gayle and Ervin Fopma from Sully, IA  They are Directors on the Iowa Parkinson’s Disease Association Board.