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Registration Ongoing for College Scholarship Program
Scholarship Gives 30 Iowa High School Seniors $2,000,
Educates Them on College Borrowing and Personal Finance
Registration is ongoing for a scholarship that offers Iowa high school seniors a cha...
VS School Board approves School Resource Officer agreement with city
Thanks to a grant program, the Vinton-Shellsburg School District and the Vinton Police Department will work together on a School Resource Officer Program, with a police officer assigned to the school ...
2018 Benton Co. Fair to start June 27
The 2018 Benton County Fair will begin nearly a month earlier than it has typically taken place.
The Benton County Extension Office has announced that the 2018 Fair will begin on Wednesday, June 27...
Tilford PTO Collecting Used Legos
By: Angela Sarrels
Do you have Legos that your kids no longer play with? I know a number of my friends and family do and they talk about how they are just boxed up in storage not being used.
Thi...
Lego League success: Two VSMS teams advance to state; another wins robot design award
Two of the three Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School Lego League teams advanced to state during the regional event in Marion on Saturday. A third team was honored with the Robot Design Award.
Advancing... Wrong-way on 380: Traffic stop leads to drug charges for driver near Urbana
Krystin Ann Allen, 30, Center Point was arrested on Saturday morning December 9, 2017 at 1:10 AM and charged with several traffic offenses as well as a drug offense.
At 1:00 AM Saturday morning the...
Virginia Gay Hospital takes workforce shortage concerns to Washington DC
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Robin Martin represented Virginia Gay Hospital in Washington, DC recently as part of group of education and business leaders from across the nation to discuss workfo... VS FFA Members Compete at Iowa State Fair
By: Shelby McDonald, Co-Reporter
We had 6 FFA members participate at this year's state fair at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines August 8th- August 20th.
Jakob Long exhibited beef c... Blue Ribbon Nominee: Iowa Education Department honors Tilford
Tilford Elementary Principal Jim Murray announced the exciting news to his staff on Wednesday that the Iowa Department of Education has nominated Tilford Elementary for consideration for the national ...
Angel Tree: Cards available at local banks
The annual Angel Tree program is under way, and cards with information for a specific child were placed on trees at Farmers and US Banks in Vinton, for area residents to take so they can shop for that...