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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 o... 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 present... Vinton-Shellsburg August 2022 Newsletter
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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 W... 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 yo...
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 app... Two Individuals Arrested in the death of Palo Murder of Jodie Bevans
On the evening of August 3, 2022,
Deputies of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office and Agents of the
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation arrested thirty-four year old
Samantha Faith Bevans of... The Nuts and Bolts of the PACT Act
As you’ve likely either heard or read by now, the Senate finally passed a long-overdue bill for the expansion of Veteran’s health care resources and benefits as well as aiding Veterans exposed to ...
Frese Family (CNJ Farms) to be awarded "The Way We Live" Award
The Way We Live Award, sponsored by Pioneer, Iowa Farmer Today and the WHO BIG show, recognizes Iowa farm families who have demonstrated their dedication to agriculture and strong Iowa farm values. In... ONE ROOM SCHOOLS, A LOVED PART OF LOCAL HISTORY
Ann Cejka, talked to 20 guests at the Center Point Depot Museum July 31, about one-room schools in the hearts and happenings of our rural communities in the not-too-distant past.“We Iowans love our ...