Q and U will forever spend their days Quarantined together

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 26, 2020 5:06 am

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.

Model A's roll into Vinton on Thursday

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 25, 2020 6:38 am

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.

DERECHO CLEAN UP ASSISTANCE STILL AVAILABLE

VINTON TODAY
September 24, 2020 6:33 am

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.

Benton County Residents find assistance at Informational meeting

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 23, 2020 4:04 am

 Tiesday afternoon found area residents finding area organizations willing to lend a hand and provide resources that might help following storm damage.

4th COVID Case in Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District

VINTON SHELLSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
September 22, 2020 3:41 am

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.

Homecoming shirts are now available to order

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 21, 2020 2:25 am

 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.

Updated: Second Accident in Benton Community takes Second Student

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 18, 2020 11:07 am

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.

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

VINTON SHELLSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
September 18, 2020 3:48 am

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.

13 Year Old Girl killed in ATV Accident

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 16, 2020 4:43 pm

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.

COVID-19 numbers for Benton County as the County remains Partially locked down

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 15, 2020 4:26 pm

The Benton County Supervisors decided to continue a partial lockdown of the courthouse until October 6, when they will again discuss the issue. The Recorder and Auditor are open for walk ins, other offices require appointments.