Is your child at risk of backpack pain? Prevention is easy as 1, 2, 3 when you follow these guidelines. byElizabeth Bonorden, OTR/L | Virginia Gay Hospital Therapy Services It's that time of year again.

ByTami Stark After spending Friday worrying about the weather and getting all of the supplies ready, the R.A.T.S. started off early on Saturday, August 5th, with beautiful skies and lots of smiles.

This Belle Plaine car-train wreck led to an OWI charge for the driver of the car. Devin Stephan, 20, survived a car-train wreck without injury, but ended up in jail this morning, charged by the Belle Plaine PD with drunk driving.

Join Iowa State Extension and Outreach specialists foran informative evening. Gabbi Edwards, urban forestryspecialist, will discuss Emerald Ash Borer spread,symptoms of infestation, treatment options, and futureoutlook.

Flag corps members join the VSHS musicians in learning their steps during Band Camp. Long before the community sees them in their black and gold uniforms, playing their instruments and marching in formation, the members of the Vinton-Shellsburg High School Marching Band have been working together in shorts or jeans and tennis shoes, marching sometimes without instruments, as they learn the footwork required for a Division 1-rated performance.

Just a reminder to you that it is Registration Day at the High School from 12-7 pm. You can register online and come in and pay or take advantage of the no convenience fee when using RevTrak through midnight tonight.

Viking football players gathered around a campfire Friday. Viking QB Blake Bohnsack was among seniors helping to dig carrots at the Viking camp-out Friday.

Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce the names of its May 2017 graduates, followed by respective honors and degree earned. The honorees included the following students: Atkins, IA - Mitchell Moser, Bachelor of Science degree in Financial Management; Norway, IA - Danielle Sweet, Bachelor of Science degree in Conservation Mgmt; About Upper Iowa UniversityFounded in 1857, Upper Iowa University is a private, not-for-profit university providing undergraduate and graduate degree programs to about 5,800 students-nationally and internationally-at its Fayette campus, 25 U.

On Saturday, Aug. 5, Center Point Historical Society members took a field trip to the La Porte City FFA Historical & Ag Museum. The museum, started by volunteers and the school FFA in 1972, has been called "one of the best kept secrets in Northeast Iowa.

The future of funding for public education, particulary how it impacts Vinton-Shellsburg and other area schools, was the topic of a forum on Monday in the Tilford auditorium.