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Absentee Ballots are now available as well as Absentee Voting
Click for information about absentee voting and hours.**NOTICE TO VOTERS**CITY/SCHOOL ELECTION NOVEMBER 5, 2019ABSENTEE VOTING IN THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE: Absentee ballots are available, at the Benton C...
The worst brings out the best in us
Over the last three decades of newspapering, the blur of news is always overshadowed by the worst and most terrible of times in the timeline of my corner of the world. This week will go down as one o... Dr. Jill Biden stops in Vinton as part of Campaign stop
Friday found the Vinton area residents stopping in at LaReyna as part of the campaign stop for Vice President Joe Biden's Campaign. Biden's wife Jill visited Vinton sharing with a crowd the vision th... Q and U renew their vows for another year
The annual Q and U Wedding was held last week at Tilford Elementary. The first graders celebrate the joining of the two letters for eternity. The girls dress up in their prettiest clothes and ca... Benton County Attorney Press Release Concerning Fowler Sentencing
The Benton County Attorney’s Office announces the following:
On September 26, 2019, Lyle Arthur Fowler, II, age 44 of Vinton, Iowa appeared for joint Sentencing on two different Benton County Distri... Fowler Sentenced in September 2018 Shooting
Lyle Arthur Fowler II was sentenced on the latest charges filed against him in Benton County as a result of the September 7, 2018 shooting incident in which Fowler was arrested after firing several s...
Vinton Unlimited Plans October 21 Grant Workshop
To introduce Vinton’s new Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) Grant, Vinton Unlimited is holding an introductory workshop for potential applicants. Attendees will have the opportunity to preview the applicatio...
Virginia Gay Hospital welcomes David Lane, PA-C
Virginia Gay Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of David Lane, PA-C as an Emergency Room/Hospitalists. David recently completed a residency in emergency medicine at the University of Iowa. ... Brandon Hosts annual homemade Chicken Noodle dinner
Several made the journey to the Methodist Church in Brandon on Saturday to be treated to a warm homemade meal of chicken and noodle, mashed potatoes, squash, green beans, rolls, dessert and miscellan... The Enchanted Forest visited Vinton
Several area children, some in costume dressed like princesses visited the Presbyterian Church's Enchanted Forest on Saturday. The church set up several stations across the park, as well as prov...