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Coming to Schroeder Public Library in Keystone...German Iowa and the Global Midwest

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.
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Battle of the Books: VS Middle School team takes close second

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.
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Project Breathe: VFD receives donation of oxygen mask for pets

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.
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Books for Haiti: Local teen accepting donations

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.

Why you should be "Brown Bagging It" to all of your clinic appointments?

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.
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IBSSS Expo: Residents share ideas for future of campus

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.