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Benton County Fair Canceled: 4-H & FFA held at later date closed to the public

The Benton County Fair, previously scheduled June 23-28, 2020, is canceled. Grandstand events, vendors, the carnival, open classes and all other regularly scheduled public events are canceled due to ...

May is Appreciation month for a LOT of people

It's Teacher Appreciation Week. These are the folks making your education work in a situation we've never seen, thanks for going above, and beyond in figuring how to make it work this year.Sunday...

Benton County Cattlemen provide lunch for seniors

The Benton County Cattlemen's Association gracefully accepted our request to have them grill Bacon Wrapped Beef Filets for the 4th Street Diner.  The filets had been donated to the HACA...

Talking to a Farmer about Pricing and Processing

Heidi Lillibridge poses with one of the cows on the farm, Last week I took a little field trip, well, I was in the middle of several fields so it was probably my first REAL field trip. While the country is reeling with all of the closures from the COVID-19 p...

Mt. Auburn fire results in loss of house and other property damage

On 05-04-2020, at about 07:45 AM, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a structure fire at 201 East St, Mt Auburn IA, i...

Brennen Still celebrates 13th birthday with Parade

Everyone and yes, even the dog came out to celebrate Brennen Still's 13th Birthday on Monday night Brennen Still celebrated his 13th birthday on Monday with a parade in his honor filled with people from across the area. The Vinton Police Department lead the procession past the Still home. Several f...

Benton County Fair Projects Building will not open this year

Due to COVID-19 part of the fairgrounds will be closed during the Benton County Fair this year.There will be NO open classes (pantry, photography, garden, home Needle work/crafts, flowers), however, t...

Don't forget in your down time to call iVinton

On the list of things to do, don't forget to call iVinton...today! I think it's safe to say that the trucks are still in town, barely.Residents have until May 8th to sign up for their site survey!Reme...

Calling all Members of the Class of 2020

Class of 2020 you have the stage, all of you! Attention, Seniors of Benton County - Homeschoolers, V-S Graduates, Benton Community, CPU...yes you!Unfortunately, this year has been a year that the Class of 2020 will not forget, and many of the res...

Trailer fire Wednesday Evening

The aftermath of a second fire in Vinton this week. On Wednesday evening, around 7:30 p.m. the Vinton Fire Department responded to a second fire report this week. The department was called to a trailer on fire in the Longview Terrace Mobile Home Park o...