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Reminder to drain water from the basement into the yard, not the street
Every time we get a lot of rain a friendly reminder is probably needed to NOT drain sump pumps back into the sewer. Run the drainage hose as far away from your house. If it's possible a place as far a...
V-S 2020 Graduation plans finalized
At last night's school board meeting plans for graduation were discussed. Because of COVID restrictions, plans for a modified ceremony are in the works. Plan A is for Graduation to be held at the Kar...
Top Ten Prom King and Queen Candidates
Click to view Candidates (Photo not available for Anthony Hilton)The Vinton-Shellsburg Junior Prom Committee, led by Junior Kyla Jeffery, is pleased to announce the top tep nominations for Prom 2020 K...
Primary Election officially in the box, again
The Primary Election is officially over, and the post-election audit of the Eldorado-Newhall precinct completed. Following the election, one precinct is randomly [sel]ed by the Secretary of State to v... Help kids in the community by donating books for babies to teens
On Saturday, June 13, 2020 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Bring new or gently used books to the Virginia Gay Hospital or any community library in the county. Simply drive up to the drop off loca...
Vinton-Shellsburg Continues to offer meal service to children
The Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District remains committed to doing all we can to meet the needs of our students and their families. One way we can do that is to offer FREE meals...
Gates to part with plants and flowers, wanting to help you grow your garden
For the next few weeks, Dave Gates will be saying goodbye to some of the things he's spent a lot of time raising, plants. He says that rather than just throwing everything away, he thought that maybe ... Primary Voting happening Today
Voting in this year’s primary is going to be so much different, or has been so different already. In the last Presidential primary election year around 300 absentee ballots had been sent out. T... Shellsburg Library now Open
We are so excited to announce that the Shellsburg Library will be open again starting Monday, June 1 at 10am!The library has determined to operate under “yellow” status. Yellow status means s...
Americorp in Vinton to help alleviate food crisis across the state
Last week Governor Kim Reynolds announced that the state will be providing $3.5 million in funding to support projects like "Pass the Pork" food program. This program was organized to help farmers sen...