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Summer Safety: A Guide to Avoiding Injuries this Season
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Cold wintry weather is long gone. The warm spring rains have turned...
Water tower painting about to begin
The painting of the water tower near Kiwanis Park, approved months ago by the Vinton City Council, is about to begin. Crews from the Georgia company have set up their equipment and will soon be seen w...
Vehicle thefts reported in Vinton; residents reminded to lock doors
The Vinton Police Department said today that another round of vehicle thefts and attempted thefts have been reported in unlocked vehicles throughout Vinton.
The VPD has shared this announcement...
48 of 50: Local boy has received get well cards from most of the U.S. following fire
Forty-eight down, two to go: West Virginia and Vermont.
Isaac Raue has received get-well cards from the other 48 U.S. states as he continues to recover from burns he suffered in the May fire that c...
DUANE L. HIGGINS
Duane L. Higgins, 67, of Dysart and formerly of Belle Plaine, passed away June 19, 2018, at Sunnycrest Nursing Home in Dysart, Iowa.
Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, June 23, at Hrabak-Neuhaus Fu...
JEROME A. "JERRY" WEBER
Jerome A. "Jerry" Weber, 72, passed away June 8, 2018, at his home in Sweet, Idaho, of natural causes. Per his wishes, his remains were cremated. A Celebration of Life will be held Aug. 18 in Sweet....
ATTENTION VINTON-SHELLSBURG GRADUATING CLASS OF 2013
Your school cumulative folder is available for you to pick up at the Central Office located at 1502 C Ave., Vinton, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.
Folders will be availabl...
CP Friends’ Friends Help Make Annual Book Sale A Success
The Friends of the Center Point Library annual used book sale was held on the Friday and Saturday of Lions Club Pork Days this year.
Friends got heavy-duty help for the preparation, sale, and clean...
Law enforcement community to honor Ferguson; procession planned after Saturday funeral at VSHS
Michael G. Ferguson
Funeral services for Benton County Chief Deputy Mike Ferguson will take place at Vinton-Shellsburg High School at 1 p.m. A procession from the cemetery will lead through Vi...
Dear Veteran: Thank you -- Tilford students write to Honor Flight veterans
The tradition of teaching Vinton-Shellsburg students to honor veterans continued with Tuesday's Honor Flight, where local vets participating in the trip to Washington, D.C.'s war memorials received ma...