Letter to the Editor: Upcoming increase in sewer & water rates

VINTON TODAY
January 11, 2024 3:50 pm

The City of Vinton is about to vote on and approve a roughly 200% increase in water and sewer rates.  The average home (family of four) is currently paying around $80 per month, this is going to increase to $220.

When I was a kid...

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
January 10, 2024 8:49 pm

...I did NOT have to walk both ways up a hill to get to school and back home. I was however expected to drive through 16" of snow to get back to college.

Letter to the Editor: Where is the Democrat caucus?

VINTON TODAY
January 9, 2024 4:25 pm

Dear Editor,Iowa first in the Nation Status? We are a few days away from the Republican Caucus, but no Democrat one.  Why did President Biden and the DNC give the Iowa status away to South Carolina?.

Quotable quotes and other thoughts

VINTON TODAY
January 7, 2024 12:21 pm

Editor:A new year, a new hope for better governance! Quotable quotes and other thoughts "We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

Fine I'll admit it, now get off my lawn!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
December 18, 2023 9:00 pm

It's official. I'm an "elderly woman." How do I know? Well, I know I'm a woman. And I know I'm old. And Amazon assumes that if you're looking for a dvd player, this puts me in the "elderly woman" category.

Chocolate milk and Cheer

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
December 14, 2023 9:34 am

Proverbs 17:22 "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones."Because of a series of events which include a cancer diagnosis in the extended family, I get to babysit one of my preschool granddaughters.

We Must Eradicate Antisemitism in the Wake of the Israel-Hamas War

THE DAILY CALLER
December 12, 2023 7:26 pm

Editor's note: I've been wanting to write on this topic, but I just haven't had the time to do so. Instead, I will share the thoughts of Callista Gingrich on the topic.

If you want to be on the ballot, Don't win the Caucus

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
December 5, 2023 12:48 pm

I have been pondering the Iowa Caucus this year and what it means. For candidates it makes them look like they are doing good in the polls. In a way. it gives the winners a little bit to brag about.

Some quit the race, while others are joining up

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
December 1, 2023 12:11 am

Back in the good ol' days I had the chance to babysit one of my granddaughters from the time she was a few months old until she was I think three. Part of the babysitting included overnights.

Vivek Ramaswamy was in town, Zzzzzzzz

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
November 29, 2023 10:39 pm

As a reporter, I've been tossing around, how to report or whether I need to report that Vivek Ramaswamy was in town. He came. He saw. He left. Big deal.