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Model A's roll into Vinton on Thursday

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.
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DERECHO CLEAN UP ASSISTANCE STILL AVAILABLE

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.

4th COVID Case in Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District

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.
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Homecoming shirts are now available to order

 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.

Vinton-Shellsburg reporting 2 new cases of COVID at local schools

This  afternoon Vinton-Shellsburg School District was notified by the public health department that a person at the High School and a person at Tilford Elementary have tested positive for COVID-19.
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13 Year Old Girl killed in ATV Accident

Mahailah Cruzen, age 13, of Keystone was killed in an ATV accident on Sunday evening. According to the State Patrol's report. The accident occurred at the intersection of 70th St.