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IBSSS Committee awaits RFPs, response from Des Moines
By Melissa Schwan
The old adage of "no news is good news"ť seems applicable lately. The Braille School Committee continues to evaluate opportunities and risks of the various options regardi...
Officer Josh West Named first School Resource Officer
The Vinton Police Department is pleased to announce that Senior Police Officer Josh West has beenassigned as the department's first School Resource Officer (SRO). In this role, Officer West w...
IBSSS Committee awaits RFPs, response from Des Moines
By Melissa Schwan
The old adage of “no news is good news” seems applicable lately. The Braille School Committee continues to evaluate opportunities and risks of the various options regarding ownershi...
Officer Josh West Named first School Resource Officer
The Vinton Police Department is pleased to announce that Senior Police Officer Josh West has been assigned as the department’s first School Resource Officer (SRO). In this role, Officer West will ...
Betterton, Fusely represent area at AUU wrestling event
The Iowa AAU wrestlers hosted a team dual championship event in Des Moines last weekend. Among the wrestlers for the Hawkeye State team were Scott Betterton of Vinton-Shellsburg and Caleb Fusely o... Local Students to Attend Electric Cooperative Youth Tour in June
The Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives celebrates 60 years of sending high school students to the nation's capital this year as they announce that 36 Iowa high school students will att...
Betterton, Fusely represent area at AUU wrestling event
The Iowa AAU wrestlers hosted a team dual championship event in Des Moines last weekend. Among the wrestlers for the Hawkeye State team were Scott Betterton of Vinton-Shellsburg and Caleb Fusely o...
Local Students to Attend Electric Cooperative Youth Tour in June
The Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives celebrates 60 years of sending high school students to the nation’s capital this year as they announce that 36 Iowa high school students will attend t...
Baseball vs. The Electoral College
Editor's Note: Now that the 2018 MLB baseball season has begun, we decided to share some thoughts about life, from a baseball point of view. Today, we discuss The Electoral College.
Vinton area nat...
Gary Arno Lenth
Gary Arno Lenth, 81, of Atkins, Iowa, formerly of St. Olaf, passed away on March 9, 2018, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids due to complications from surgery.
He was born on Feb. 24, 1937, to ...