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LaGrange Pharmacy serves lunch for area businesses
Dan LaGrange at the grill flipping burgers.
You can always tell when someone is grilling in the neighborhood!
Friday, shoppers in the downtown area might have been a bit confused as they shoppe... Garrison continues long relationship with Iowa Theatre Artists; Woody Guthrie show set for September
Garrison Lions are teaming up with a neighborhood professional theater company once again for a fundraiser you won't want to miss, Friday, Sept.8 at 7:00 P.M at the Garrison Farmer's Mer... Wanda May Lastovka
Wanda May Lastovka, 80, of Belle Plaine, Iowa passed away Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Belle Plaine Specialty Care.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 7, 2017 at Hrabak-Neuhaus Funeral Service,... VSHS changes laptop roll-out process
The Vinton-Shellsburg High School roll-out of computers will be different this year. All registered students entering grades 9-12 at VSHS will continue to get a computer for the 2017-18 school year. B...
Putting People First
VGH's Atkins Family Medical Clinic shows how a "People Forward" purpose makes a difference
(Article is part of Virginia Gay Hospital's bi-annual publication, "Thrive" Spring/Summer 20... Ally Bierschenk among candidates for Iowa Dairy Princess
Thirteen young women involved with the Iowa dairy community will compete to win the title of 64th Iowa State Dairy Princess Wednesday, Aug. 9, at 8 p.m. at the Multi-Media Center of the Ca...
Vinton teen delivers 1,400 books to Haiti
Jenna Lane recently made a trip to the island of Haiti along with a group from Blessed Hope Church of Vinton.
Lane, a Vinton-Shellsburg High School student, took on a project of collectin... Color-A-Thon raises funds for VSHS NYC/DC trip
VSHS cheerleaders were among those adding color to the fund-raising event.
The VSHS students who plan to visit New York City and Washington, D.C. next spring raised around $1,000 toward that trip ... Dollars for Nontraditional Scholars
The Wallace Winkie Foundation has expanded the area eligible for its scholarships and is now accepting applications from nontraditional students in Benton, Iowa, Tama, and Poweshiek Counties. Applicat...
Thinking about school, already
These children raised $100 for school supplies for classmates in need with a bake sale/lemonade stand on Wednsesday.
It's not yet August, but some area families have begun shopping for "Back to Sc...