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Positive Developments in Financing Delay iVinton Rate-Setting
A new and positive development in the financing package for iVinton has resulted in a slight delay in setting prices. According to Tom Richtsmeier, the utility’s General Manager, the board is working...
V-S School Supplies Lists 2019-20
Vinton-Shellsburg Elementary 2019-20 School Supply List3 Year Old Preschool (Shellsburg Only)One 2-pocket folder (NO PRONGS)1 box 8-10 count washable markers4 glue sticksLARGE backpack1 box Kleenex1 ...
150+ Women recognized as part of Vinton Sesquicentennial
By Ann HarrisonThis idea came from listening to a Western Illinois College history professor speak about the importance of recognizing all parts of our heritage. (Their community has just... ECHO Ministries Seeking Household Donations
ECHO Ministries located downtown Vinton, (between LaGrange Pharmacy and Camerons) is in need of all sizes of mattresses, plus dressers, microwaves & vacuums. If you have questions, feel fre...
iVinton needs your help to choose the TV lineup
HEY! We NEED your help. Picking the TV channel line-up for sports is pretty tricky business. It turns out that the key to the right sports package is......Major League Baseball. Having all the channe...
Bubbles exchanged for other air filled items
The Summer Reading Program at the Vinton Public Library is on the final stretch of fun and activities at the library. Today's event with bubbles was canceled due to the rain, but the children fi... Friends of 4H Celebrates 5 Years of Fundraising
Friends of 4H is a fundraising and scholarship committee established by the Benton County Extension
Council in 2015. Currently, there are two ways for groups and individuals to donate to Benton Coun...
Get Creative With Parade Floats!
The Grand Parade | Saturday, August 17 | 2pmThis event is 150 years in the making, and there are awards on the line! Gather your co-workers, friends, or neighbors, get CREATIVE, and put tog...
Vinton Community Band performed at Fross Park in Center Point
The Vinton Community Band played at Fross Park in Center Point on July 13th preceding the Parks/Recreation Department's free movie. Director Judy Trygstad led the band in pieces of music from “... Celebrating Cedar Sailors and R.A.T.S.
By Tami Stark
Many moons ago yet much like today, there was a large group of friends that
gathered regularly and spent their free time together on the Cedar; boating, waterskiing, grilling on the ...