VSHS Student Senate members presented producer Brent Wilkins a check for $1,500 to help complete the documentary on the life of John Gualtier. The Vinton-Shellsburg High School Student Senate led the fund-raising effort that brought in $1,500 for the "Hero Among Us" documentary about the life of Vinton veteran and WWII medic John Gualtier.

[et_pb_text admin_label="Text" background_layout="light" text_orientation="left" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] Jessica Henkle, RN-BC, and director of Virginia Gay Hospital's Nursing and Rehab unit, has announced that Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab has received quality awards from an independent survey company in 11 categories of care.

A Vinton construction company owner who lost his home in the tornado last July faces another challenge now that the househe rents has caught fire. The Vinton Fire Department was sent to 316 East Ninth Street on Monday afternoon, where a fire had begun in a back entry way.

By Erin Monaghan As part of our Community Partnership for Protecting Children initiative, Benton-Iowa Decat will be helping area youth in foster care celebrate their graduation from high school and assist with their transition out of foster care.

By Tami Stark, Boomtown Committee After a meeting between administration at St. Mary's Catholic Church and Iowa Pyrotechnic President, Chuck Yedlik and Past President/Lifetime Grand Master Champion, Scott Anderson, it has been determined that for the first time in 11 years, a very large and key portion of Boomtown may not be able to take place.

FEMA is studying the possibility of moving the Vinton fire station and other local services, away from the flood plain. The Vinton City Council learned at tonight's meeting that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has offered to fund a study of flood protection options for the Vinton Fire Station, and other "critical" community service facilities including the VMEU light plant, the North Benton Ambulance Service (which is in the Hinkle Creek flood plain) and even Vinton City Hall.

Maybe, says Above the Coalition President Greg Walston, the Social Host ordinance passed Thursday by the Vinton City Council will help the community prevent some of the things that happened in the past, and make resisting drugs and alcohol easier for local youth.

The State of Iowa Judicial Branch is pleased to announce the following recipients of the Sixth Judicial District's annual awards, to be formally presented at a reception on February 20, 2017, at 1:30 p.

Union's Robota Red team competed with the Higgs Bozos of East Buchanan in the championship round of the regional event, and advanced to State with a 1st-place finish.

By Dean Close, Editor Facing a continually declining enrollment and the "minimal" 1 percent increase in state funding for the coming budget year, the Vinton-Shellsburg School District is facing a likely reduction in staffing, says Superintendent Mary Jo Hainstock.