Benton County Board of Supervisor meeting agenda, Sept. 22

JILL MARLOW, AUDITOR
September 21, 2015 10:10 am

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING September 22, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. Benton County Board of Supervisors Room   1.       9:00 A.

You can't stand still in a parade

IVINTON
September 21, 2015 9:40 am

Debi Durham, Director of the Iowa Economic Development Authority said at a meeting in Van Horne, “Growing communities have four things in place.

Saying goodbye to the the neighbor

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 11, 2015 1:00 pm

A few months after we started Vinton Today, we had the unfortunate task of covering a fire at the home of our dear neighbors, Lester and Donna Geiger, and their little dog.

Letter to the Editor: ER Dr./researcher expresses ATV on roadway concerns

VINTON TODAY
September 4, 2015 4:28 pm

Dear Editor,                 The Benton County Board of Supervisors is considering a proposed ordinance to increase public roadway access to all-terrain vehicle (ATV) traffic.

My encounter with an 'IRS' scammer

VINTON TODAY
August 27, 2015 6:26 pm

The IRS has been calling me all day, telling me there is a warrant because I have not paid my taxes. So I called the number, with a Washington, D.

To the Editor: E-mail issue disqualifies Hillary as candidate for President

JOHN STIEGELMEYER
August 20, 2015 9:35 am

To the Editor, The President  gave authority to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to classify documents. Sec . Clinton should know when a received item is sensitive to National Security and immediately classify that document.

To The Editor: Flourishing Families offers help, advice as school begins

FLOURISHING FAMILIES
August 18, 2015 11:54 am

Dear Editor, The Flourishing Families of Benton and Iowa Counties (FFBIC), a local Community Partnership for Protecting Children site, would like to offer a few words of encouragement to all parents and children living, working, and attending school in our counties.

To The Editor: Thanks to all involved in WWII 70th anniversary event

BRAD ANDERSON, AMERICAN LEGION POST 57
August 17, 2015 11:36 pm

Dear Editor,This past weekend Benton County celebrated the 70TH Anniversary of the End of World War II at Celebration Park in Vinton. There are several people I wish to thank who helped to make this event possible.

Letter to the Editor: Last Hope Animal Rescue's Gain

VINTON TODAY
July 13, 2015 3:04 pm

I want to personally congratulate Last Hope Animal Rescue (formerly based outside of Shellsburg now in Cedar Rapids) on their new Adoption Center Director, Julie Havran.

To the Editor: Motorcycle club member recalls dirt track bike racing in '53

VINTON TODAY
July 8, 2015 8:47 am

By Bob Kimm, former Vinton Motorcycle Club member Quite an article today on the 4th of July racing out at the fairgrounds.  It brought back some memories for me from way back in 1953.