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VSMS 8th graders win Little Vikette Relays; 7th graders take 2nd place
[caption id="attachment_20221" align="alignleft" width="260"] 7th grader Alyssa Griffith finished 2nd in the high jump, at 4 feet, four inches, just one inch behind the first place winner.[/caption]
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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’s production. Th...
'Just Cuz - VGH Cares' Relay for Life team plans fund-raising dance, May 19
[caption id="attachment_20245" align="alignright" width="300"] 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 ...
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.
June 3—C...
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,...
Stolen Tahoe recovered in Cedar Rapids; linked to drug parahernalia arrest in Benton County
The Benton County Sheriff's Office has solved the theft of a 2009 white Chevy Tahoe reported taken from the residence of Ryan and Kendra Coleman southwest of Vinton (near County Home Road/V61) overnig...
"Let's bring him home;" LPC residents gather for vigil for Jake
As the sky faded to black above them, the members of the La Porte City community joined friends and family of Jake Wilson in lighting candles in honor of Jake, who went missing a month ago.
The gat...
Stolen Tahoe recovered in Cedar Rapids; linked to drug parahernalia arrest in Benton County
The Benton County Sheriff's Office has solved the theft of a 2009 white Chevy Tahoe reported taken from the residence of Ryan and Kendra Coleman southwest of Vinton (near County Home Road/V61) overnig...
"Let's bring him home;" LPC residents gather for vigil for Jake
As the sky faded to black above them, the members of the La Porte City community joined friends and family of Jake Wilson in lighting candles in honor of Jake, who went missing a month ago.
The gat...
Fry family joins area residents, law enforcement officers, in memorial dedication
Sculptor Rick Polberg tells members of the Fry family, including a great-great-granddaughter, how the bust of the sheriff was made.
Seventy-nine and a half years after his death, Sheriff Leland "S...