The view of the west side of the Herring Hotel building; supporters have a month to make some repairs and provide information to the Belle Plaine city council on the structural integrity of the historic building.

By Laura Hopper, Director German Iowa and the Global Midwest May 10th-22nd Library Hours: Sunday: Closed Monday: 1pm-6pm Tuesday: 9am-12noon & 1-5pm Wednesday: 1pm-6pm Thursday: 9am-12noon & 1-5pm Friday: 1pm-5pm Saturday: 9am-12noon (319) 442-3329 Come check out the traveling exhibit which was first featured at the Old Capitol Museum in Iowa City! Learn about the German heritage of Iowa and celebrate our small town's German roots.

Front row: Lizzie Noe and Elias Colsch. Back Row: Mr. Mangold, Brynn Johnson, Keira Ott, Caroline Erickson and Tess Lillibridge. The Vinton-Shellsburg Middle School sent a team again to a Battle of the Booksevent in Cedar Falls, and the students finished in second place, just one point from the first-place team.

VFD Chief Gary McKenna demonstrates an oxygen mask with the help of his dog, Toby. After seeing in the news how a group of Vinton firefighters created a makeshift oxygen mask with a styrofoam cup to revive a small dog overcome with smoke after a recent house fire, Trent Donels, an owner of an Invisible Fence business in Cedar Rapids, chose to add the Vinton FD to the company's nationwide Project Breathe.

Later this year, Jenna Lane will accompany a group from her church on a mission to Haiti. One of the needs Jenna discovered about that country was the need for books, especially for the youngest of readers.

Let's start with the meaning of "brown bagging it." It's the practice of gathering up all of your medicines including any supplements and over-the-counter products you take on a regular basis, placing them in a brown bag and taking them with you for review by your healthcare provider at your appointment.

Daniel Scott Webster Davon Lymon, the suspect in the murder of Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Scott Webster, a former Vinton resident, has been sentenced in federal court in New Mexico two 20 years in prison for two counts of possession of firearms as a felon.

By Ryan Schlader The Cedar Valley Nature Trail is closed to the public in Center Point from Iowa Street to the Grubbs Creek Bridge near Ash Lane for hard surfacing of this trail segment.

Maggie Ortgiesen discusses the IBSSS campus and tourism issues with the youngest participant in the Expo, Kira Jacobs. More than 125 people, from Tilford Elementary 4th grade student Kira Jacobs, to Vinton's leaders in business and government, gathered in the VSHS gym Wednesday to share ideas about the future of the Iowa Braille School campus.

Editor's Note: This is the first of two stories about the Union F.U.N. First Robotics Competition challenge team, which it its rookie season, earned the chance to compete in the World Championship event in St.