Candidates Needed for Benton County Fair Queen

VINTON TODAY
April 5, 2017 12:00 am

By Angie Becker The Benton County Fair is looking for young women who are interested in serving as a representative of the fair by becoming the Benton County Fair Queen.

Cybersecurity using Mobile Apps

VINTON TODAY
April 5, 2017 12:00 am

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Area residents encouraged to join IBSSS Expo

VINTON TODAY
April 4, 2017 12:00 am

The public is encouraged to attend the Community Idea & Input Expo for Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School facilities and property on Wednesday, April 5 from 6pm to 9pm at the Vinton Shellsburg High School Gym.

Mayor Watson Recognizes Impact of National Service

VINTON TODAY
April 4, 2017 12:00 am

Mayor Watson handing his National Service Proclamation to members of AmeriCorps NCCC By Angela Sarrels On April 4, Mayor John Watson joins more than 2,000 county officials and mayors across the country in a nationwide bi-partisan initiative to highlight the impact of national service in tackling local problems.

VFW Essay Contest: Shellsburg student Makaya Gardemann earns 5th at State

VINTON TODAY
April 3, 2017 12:00 am

Makayla Gardemann won 1st at local and District levels with her essay and was 5th in all of Iowa among 3rd graders. VFW member Dale Henry congrats 4th grade VS winner Addy Chvala, who also was 2nd at District.

Vikings 3rd at Early Bird track meet

VINTON TODAY
April 3, 2017 12:00 am

Will Edwards was part of the Viking varsity shuttle hurdle team that finished 3rd on Friday. The Vinton-Shellsburg boys track team finished third in the Viking Early Bird Track meet on Friday afternoon at the Karr Athletic Complex.

Belle Plaine's Herring Hotel: Historical treasure and an 'endangered eyesore'

VINTON TODAY
April 3, 2017 12:00 am

This story could easily begin two ways. 1. At one of Belle Plaine's busiest intersections sits a historic building where many famous Americans, even Mark Twain and Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan have slept in or visited; a building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and contains a variety of beautiful, early 20th century architectural features.

Thank you to all who participated in the Third Annual Benton County Health & Wellness Fair

VINTON TODAY
April 3, 2017 12:00 am

KCRG-TV9 First Alert Storm Team meteorologist, Chris Havely, demonstrates one of the 50 free weather radios donated by the Vinton Fareway at Saturday's Benton Co.

Spring concert season begins at Tilford

VINTON TODAY
March 29, 2017 12:00 am

The Tilford Elementary spring concerts have begun. The second graders performed on Tuesday night in the school auditorium, using a variety of instruments -- even a horn from an antique automobile that Mr.

The pelicans, briefly

VINTON TODAY
March 29, 2017 12:00 am

A pod of pelicans stopped briefly at a pond in Iowa's scenic Baja Brandon areaWednesday morning. A few geese also sharing the pond began honking warnings, and the pelicans flew away while the photographer was behind a row of trees, and disappeared, heading to waters up north.