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Monday morning the Vinton-Shellsburg seniors announced the top ten candidates for Homecoming King and Queen.Pictured below:Front (L-R): Maddie Atkinson, Emma Wiley, Josie Sagan, Katelyn Humison, Maggie Davis, Asa Swayzer, Chloe Tharp, Clarissa Carolan, Lydia Radeke, Lucy Howes-Vonstein, Emily Trinkle.Back: Bryce Radeke, Kyle Medvedjes, Damon Swenson, David Lapan-Islas, Elijah Kalous, Ayden Bearbower, Derron Hughes, Ethan Rollinger, Brooks Erickson, CJ Rickels.

Larry Eckhart of Vinton was injured in a motorcycle versus truck accident on Friday night. The accident occurred around 5:00 p.m. near Walker.A truck driven by a juvenile backed into the motorcycle's path causing the crash.Neither the driver of the truck nor a passenger on the motorcycle were injured.Eckhart was transferred to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The annual Q and U Wedding was held Friday at Tilford Elementary. The celebration of the joining of Q & U is always met with excitement from the first graders. This year the two were married in a small private ceremony.  Every year parents are invited to attend, but this year they were missing. In addition to veils and flowers, masks were the must-have accessory as the children marked the day which landed in the middle of the COVID pandemic.

It's not every day that you see a Model A, let alone 14 of them. Some cars traveled from as far away as Muscatine and Cedar Falls and as near as Cedar Rapids and Shellsburg. The cars were part of the Hawk A Model A Club of Eastern Iowa which made a stop in Vinton on Thursday.The group made an abbreviated road trip that was originally supposed to be a two-day trip that was to include a boat ride in Iowa Falls with a meal on a riverboat, but.

REGISTER FOR CLEAN UP ASSISTANCE BY OCTOBER 5, 2020Help is still available for individuals and communities impacted by the Derecho in counties that were federally declared for the individual assistance program: Benton, Boone, Cedar, Linn, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Scott, and Tama Counties. Call the Iowa Concern Hotline at 1-800-447-1985 to register for Crisis CleanupIf you are an individual in need of assistance with temporary home repairs, or needing help removing debris, AmeriCorps may be able to help! AmeriCorps teams will be assisting with removing trees and brush, chainsaw work, and helping tarp and secure homes with damage caused by the Derecho.

 Tiesday afternoon found area residents finding area organizations willing to lend a hand and provide resources that might help following storm damage. Following the derecho clean up from the damage alone consumed the thoughts and energy of area residents. The Benton County Extension and Outreach provided an event at the fair grounds to answer some questions, provide some support and to give a bit of education to area residents.

Information released from Vinton-Shellsburg's Superintendent Kyle Koeppen notified the community of a fourth case of COVID. So far all cases contracted by students have not come from contact with other students at school but rather from outside the school [st]ting. The Superintendent released the following statement, "We had an individual from the middle school test positive for COVID over the weekend.

You loved them the past 16 years and they’re back again...17th Annual Commemorative Homecoming 2020 T-Shirt will be available thru Cameron’s. Choose from adult or youth sizes and show your school spirit!. Order these limited edition t-shirts NOW for HOMECOMING WEEK delivery!The Homecoming T-Shirt will have the Varsity Football Roster, Cheerleaders and Top 10 King and Queen Candidates on the back.

 It's Homecoming season! Time to order this year's Homecoming T-Shirts is now. Stop in at Lagrange Pharmacy Students in both the elementary and middle school should have received order forms and the high school students can pick up or order online through Tharp Design. If you need an order form, they are also available at LaGrange Pharmacy.

The Iowa State Patrol has released the name of the crash victim in Wednesday's crash as 16 year old Mackenzie Kvam of Belle Plaine. The name of the bus driver was Allison Hicks, 51 of Garrison. Benton Community School District has had an awful week. A second accident this week, happened on Wednesday morning around 7:30 a.m. taking the life of a second Benton Community student.