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Vinton Community Foundation Distributes $29,273.00 to Local Organizations
The Vinton Community Foundation is announcing the distribution of $29,273.00 in grants to the following organizations serving the City of Vinton.Local Option Sales Tax Fund & Vinton Community Foun...
SHELLSBURG STUDENT WINS 1ST PLACE IN MONEY SMART WEEK POSTER CONTEST
Oliviah Doty, a fifth-grader attending Shellsburg Elementary School in Shellsburg, IA has won 1st Place in Community Bankers of Iowa’s (CBI) Money Smart Week Poster Contest. As the Grand Prize winne... Quilts of Valor makes presentation to Master Sergeant Whelan
Quilts of Valor has one mission, "to cover Service Members and Veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor." The organization is responsible for presenting 271,408 quilts to se... VFW Kicks-Off the Teacher of the Year Award
Commander Dale Henry of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
U.S. Smith-Geater Post 8884 and Auxiliary, announced the kick-off of the VFW’s annual
Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Tea... Vinton-Shellsburg Seniors Receive over $132,000 in Scholarships and Awards
Vinton-Shellsburg Seniors received over $132,000 in scholarship awards at the Vinton-Shellsburg High School Senior Awards Night. The following Scholarships were presented to the High School Senior Cla... VFW Smith-Geater Post #8884 holds Grand Opening
The VFW Auxiliary organization began back in 1914, uniting Americans with the desire to improve the lives of veterans, service members and their families and communities. Membership in the organizatio... St. Mark Lutheran Church Welcomes Three New Confirmands
St. Mark Lutheran Church in Garrison held the Rite of Confirmation this past Sunday, May 16th. The church welcomed three new confirmands, Alana Fleming, Benjamin Buhr, and Lucas Birker. A receptio... Vinton Lions Club offering Trees via Lottery
In response to last Summer’s derecho, the Vinton Lions Club is partnering with Trees Forever and Frazier Nursery to support the replacement of trees in the Vinton-Shellsburg School District area. Th... National EMS Week and a perfect time to welcome North Benton Ambulance Director
EMS Week, which is May 16-22 and is the perfect time to thank paramedics, EMTs and the entire EMS workforce for their service and sacrifices. Just in time for EMS Week, the North Benton Ambulance Ser... Update on Vinton Today Fundraiser
Just about 50% of the goal has been raised to pay for the website redesign, which is still in progress. I don't need to sell you on the importance of Vinton Today, obviously, you find it importan...