We just had to ask... ourselves

VINTON TODAY
March 30, 2012 4:54 pm

    Vinton Today Editor Dean Close has been asking some silly questions of area people. So we thought it only fair that he have to answer them for himself.

A 'changed forever' NYC now is home to Tim Tebow

VINTON TODAY
March 30, 2012 4:36 pm

 “Are you ready for some Tim Tebow? You better be, because he’s coming to your town and he wants to party down.” Those are some of the lamest words written about the quarterback in a weekend full of lame words.

Give me liberty: Remembering America's first famous speech

VINTON TODAY
March 19, 2012 12:27 pm

  I spent the weekend the best way possible, hanging out with the granddaughters while their parents were at a Dare to Share event in St. Louis.

RAGBRAI: Sit back and enjoy the ride-through

VINTON TODAY
March 8, 2012 10:48 pm

  "RAGBRAI is not like it was years ago," said an organizer who came to Washington, Iowa, a dozen years ago. I was working for the newspaper there when RAGBRAI riders spent a night in that county seat, 87 miles south of Vinton, a few miles west of Highway 218.

Pastor's Blog - RECKLESS GRACE: FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION

PASTOR LANETTE S. VAN
March 8, 2012 2:33 pm

  Luke 15:11-32 Kate Braestrup in her book, Beginner's Grace, tells a story about her own "prodigal son," Peter (pp.

I'm from the country, and I like it!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
March 6, 2012 4:10 pm

So many time as I head out of the huge city of Vinton to my humble abode in the country, I ponder how privileged we are to live where we do. I marvel at the lack of whining you hear among neighbors who live on this road.

Letter to the Editor - Copper theft hits local REC; group asks for new law

VINTON TODAY
March 6, 2012 3:08 pm

  Dear Editor, Across the country and here in Iowa theft of precious metals (including copper, aluminum and bronze) is on the rise from abandoned buildings, empty houses and most dangerously, from power lines along rural roads, electric cooperative power substations and storage facilities.

How a traditional newspaper (which we are not) gets its funding...

DEAN & VALERIE CLOSE
March 6, 2012 10:30 am

  (Just in case anyone out there is still not sure about this: We are not, no more, not, not at all, not either, in no way, not even in the slightest little bit associated with any newspapers.

Sandy, Sherry, Candy, Jackie and the boys of summer

VINTON TODAY
March 5, 2012 8:58 am

  I was in the middle of one of those "buserable" -- busy and miserable -- February days last week. It was snowy and windy and cold.

Letter to the Editor - Concerns about The American Community Survey

MARY COOTS
March 4, 2012 12:10 pm

Dear Editor,  I have recently become familiar with The Community Survey. This survey is sent by the U.S. Census Bureau to 250,000 households per month.