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Iowa State Fair - Attend or watch the Benton County Fair Queen at the Coronation
Benton County's 2022 Fair Queen Annabelle Newton will be competing in the annual Iowa State Fair Queen competition, held during the Iowa State Fair.The queens from each county fair from all over the state of Iowa come together to vie for the coveted crown. Judging is based on personality, attitude, leadership, citizenship, contribution to community, overall appearance, charm and poise. Two area children part of the 13th season of the Kid Captain program at
Twelve current and former University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital patients are ready to kick off fall as the Kid Captain program returns for the 2022 Iowa Hawkeye football season. This year marks the 13th season of the Kid Captain program, which started in 2009 as a partnership between UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital and the Iowa Hawkeyes to honor pediatric patients and celebrate their incredible stories.
Viva Las Vegas Brandon Car Cruise
The small town of Brandon celebrates its Brandon Days each year with fun for the whole family. The town gathers for a parade, and most gather at the park for food, fun, fellowship and all kinds of activities for kids to enjoy. This year's theme was 'Viva Las Vegas.' The afternoon saw antique cars gathering around the ballfield in preparation for the cruise through downtown Brandon. La Porte-Dysart FFA member visit with Senator Grassley in Washington D.C.
Senator Chuck Grassley met with the members of the LaPorte-Dysart FFA during their visit to Washington, D.C. In July the group met for the Washington Leadership Conference.“I enjoy meeting with young Iowans and encouraging their interest in learning more about how our government works. Citizen involvement is essential to democracy in America, and young people are the key to the strength of our democracy in the future,” Grassley said. Searching for stolen Fire Hydrant
A Clow vintage fire hydrant with 3 outlets, made is Oskaloosa, painted red with yellow outlets was stolen last Wednesday, August 3.
Please return or pay for it. The value of the hydrant is $160.00 or return it, no questions asked. The hydrant went missing from 58th Street (County road E16) If you have information on the location of the hydra Quilts of Valor recipient Terry Schild
I'm a huge fan of the Quilts of Valor ceremonies. There are so many of our men and women out there that have gone through wars, fighting alongside so many other good people. Why? As one of the presenters said, "So that she could put her three little boys to bed at night and not worry about a bomb going off or them being gassed while they slept." The Quilts of Valor is a program that awards quilts to men and women who have been in battle. JAKES Day event brings 30 children to Izaak Walton
The temperature was into the mid-90’s and heat indexes over 100 degrees but that did not hamper JAKES Day sponsored by the Blue Creek Springtime Monarchs, Benton County’s chapter of the National Wild Turkey Foundation (NWTF). 30 kids ages 4 - 15 attended along with an additional 25 parents, volunteers, and chapter members. After registration and a safety discussion, everyone had the opportunity to participate in four stations: trap shooting, target shooting on the rifle range with . Benton County in 6th place with the most Born and Bred Iowans
If you've lived in Benton County for any length of time, you soon realize that most everyone is related to someone you know, someone you went to school with here or your neighbor. And it's not your imagination. Benton County came in 6th place in Iowa of all the counties in with the most born and bred residents in Iowa. Someone at Stacker thought it would be a good project to run the numbers to find out which counties in Iowa had the most born and bred Iowan in it.
Shellsburg opposes Landmark Recovery plans for Addiction Recovery Center
Updated: August 10. 2022The Board of Adjustment did approve the “conditional use” of the former Rock Ridge Residential Care Site in a 4-1 vote. Outpatient service are not part of the approval under the conditional use.---Thursday night's meeting held at the Legion Hall in Shellsburg addressing the possible transformation of the former Rock Ridge Residential Care facility into a possible addiction recovery treatment center operated by Landmark Recovery, was met with opposition from the community.