The Waterloo Chapter of Heart Friends, a support group for families of children with congenital heart defects, will host a support group meeting on Thursday, February 2,  at 7 p.

      Tuesday's Vinton-Shellsburg home basketball game against Waterloo Columbus is now a Boy/Girl Varsity game. There is a sophomore boys game at 4:30 p.

  Thursday January 19, 2012 12pm @ Monkeytown Meeting Facilitator: Keiaffa Green I. Call to order II. Approval of minutes from last meeting( minutes amended) III.

  Iowa State University Extension will be offering a one day certification course on food safety for food service managers in Cedar Rapids.

Virginia Gay Hospital’s Diabetes Support Group is cancelled for tonight. Make-up date is Tuesday, Feb. 21st at 4:30pm.

  Vinton-Shellsburg Bands Annual Soup Supper @ VSHS Cafeteria   Chili and Chicken Noodle Soup Assorted Desserts Milk or Coffee $6.

Blessed Hope Church, located behind Theisen's, will start off the year with the Sunday Night Live service, beginning at 6 pm, THIS Sunday evening, January 15th.

  Despite its strong agricultural market, Iowa imports most of its food from other states and countries. Event organizers hope to increase the amount of local food bought and sold in Iowa by bringing together state & national food buyers with local food producers.

    We have a lot of events and programs coming up soon, most of the youth will be receiving the flyers on the programs through their Friday folders at school.

Business Management and Decision Making on the Farm, January 21st, 2012 1 - 4 pm Linn County ISU Extension Office  3279 7th Ave Suite 140 Marion, IA Trying to decide when to purchase a piece of equipment or simply decide the proper product mix to match your income goals? Craig Chase, a Farm & Ag Management Field Specialist, will show you how to use enterprise budgets to make pricing, product mix, and production changes, use partial budgets to make investment decisions like machinery and land and how to use whole-farm records to evaluate how your business is doing and make educated business decisions.