Please take a few minutes to help our police department win a grant to assist them with their K9 program. It's simple. Follow this link, fill in the Vinton Police Department (But make sure it's for Vinton, IOWA!) you will need to fill in your name and email address.

The Norway-Watkins Area Veterans Memorial will be dedicated at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. There will be several special events to honor veterans on the 98th anniversary of Armistice Day and the 79th anniversary of the Veterans Day holiday next month.

Deadline for orders is Monday, October 30 Please return order forms to the high school office Make checks payable to Vikette Basketball Clickto download the order form.

Concordia University, Nebraska, will hold its Fall Composer Recital at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 7 and its Fall Honor Recital at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov.

Dear Vinton Residents, The City of Vinton has placed a 7% Hotel/Motel Tax question on the upcoming election ballot that will be decided on November 7, 2017.

By Ashley Hesson, VSU Coach The VSU girls had another great showing at the North Central Swim Conference meet on Saturday (Oct 21) in Decorah. --4th in a group of 7 strong teams - top 3 teams all had over 30 swimmers --Arabella Shepard won both her individual events (100 butterfly and 100 backstroke), and helped the 200 medley relay place 1st and the 200 freestyle relay place 2nd --Geordyn Webster took 2nd in her 100 freestyle and 3rd in her 50 freestyle individual events, and was also on the same successful 200 free and medley relays as Shepard --Lizzie Moore and Natalie Tecklenburg had some of their best relay splits of the year - which helped the medley and free relays drop 5 and 4 seconds respectively --the rest of the team also had strong swims, again all helping to score points in the team standings.

Aaron Maue and his family rely on volunteers to help set up the 80,000 or so lights that fill their neighborhood north of Center Point with colors and music each Christmas.

The Union High School Vocal Department is currently taking bookings for the Union Carolers for any holiday event in the Northeast/Eastern Iowa area. The Union Carolers is a 16-voiced a capella ensemble that will provide up to 20 minutes of holiday music for any festive event.

The 2017 high school football team will end for most schools tonight. Vinton-Shellsburg (1-7) ends its season at Benton Community (5-3) with its last Class 3A District 3 matchup.

TheCasey's General Stores company has purchased the Fast Stop in Vinton, west of its current location. The Fast Stop at the corner of 4th street and Highway 218 will close at the end of October, although its electronic pumps will be in operation through Nov.