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Authorities respond to rural Brandon fire
Area public safety officials, including the Brandon Fire Department, the Benton County Sherff's Office, and North Benton Ambulance, responded to a fire in the 5100 block of 25th Avenue south of Brando...
Rural Brandon man dies in overnight fire
A rural Brandon man has died and a child has sustained serious injuries in an overnight house fire in the 5100 block of 25th Avenue, three miles south of Brandon. Other family members escaped, and are...
VS 5th graders receive Presidential Awards
The Vinton Shellsburg Class of 2025 heard about being "awesome" from one the fathers of its members Thursday in Shellsburg.
Matt Phippen told the 5th graders who were attending the Presidential Awa...
Rosalee M. Carlin
Rosalee M. Carlin, 75, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Northbrook Manor Care, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Visitation: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Murdoch Funeral ...
Rosalee M. Carlin
Rosalee M. Carlin, 75, of Center Point, Iowa, passed away, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at Northbrook Manor Care, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Visitation: noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 12, 2018, at Murdoch Funeral ...
VSMS 8th graders win Little Vikette Relays; 7th graders take 2nd place
7th grader Alyssa Griffith finished 2nd in the high jump, at 4 feet, four inches, just one inch behind the first place winner.
Samantha Walton's first-place discus throw of 94 feet, 7 inches was ...
Union High School wins a school record 11 statewide awards for spring musical, "Grease"¯
Union High School's spring musical production of "Grease"¯ recently was informed by the Iowa High School Musical Theatre Awards that they are the recipients of 11 awards for this year&a...
'Just Cuz - VGH Cares' Relay for Life team plans fund-raising dance, May 19
Dave Laton, left, who died of cancer in January, is the inspiration for this year's Relay for Life for the Just Cuz-VGH Cares team. Dave is pictured walking with survivor Larry Driscol.
For the pa...
Center Point Activities
May 20"”Celebration, with Linn County Historic Preservation Commission, of Depot Museum on the National Register of Historic Places, 2 p.m., at Center Point Historical Society Depot Museum.
Ju...
Eastern Iowa Honor Flight Schedules 32nd Flight
On Tuesday, May 15, 2018, the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight will launch EIHF Flight #32. Since we began operations in 2009, to date, we have transported 2,666 Veterans, plus their guardians to Washington,...