Letter to the Editor: We the people deserve answers!

VINTON TODAY
November 22, 2021 2:25 pm

Dear Editor, There has been a lot of controversy over these vaccines & mandates, & it's only getting worse. Our government should not be censoring us, keeping information from us, & downright lying to us about what is going on.

Letter to the Editor: Living in the Present - Remembering the KIA

VINTON TODAY
November 10, 2021 4:52 pm

Dear Editor One day before Veterans Day my thoughts flow back to my time on Active Air Force Service.  I served in Strategic Air Command as a Squadron CoPilot on KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft built for the U.

Letter to the Editor: Fear, the Democrat's tool of choice

VINTON TODAY
October 28, 2021 6:52 pm

It’s a powerful emotion that can allow a person to recall a single instant in time . . . It can turn them into a quivering mass of flesh . . . It can make them cower .

Reading my mind: Goodbyes

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 26, 2021 5:45 pm

The older a  person gets, the more you say goodbye. I know that's probably obvious. But sometimes you don't realize that you're officially getting old until you start counting up how many there have been.

What happens in Vinton...stays in Vinton

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 26, 2021 11:52 am

Supposedly wind took out some of our Scarecrows, at least that's what one of them told me. But another of them said that the food was great, but the party was even better.

Letter to the Editor: Response

VINTON TODAY
October 15, 2021 10:42 am

Response to Darrin Lindsey -Sure . . . let's get our "facts" in order. First, I never said that a militia was defined in the Constitution. Its meaning was simply understood.

Letter to the Editor:2nd Amendment Sanctuary Counties, Can there be such a thing

VINTON TODAY
October 13, 2021 2:11 pm

Yesterday, October 12th, 2021 Benton County became the 23rd of 99 Iowa counties to become a "2nd Amendment Sanctuary County". Just what does that mean exactly? The paragraph in the resolution that most clearly states the position of the Benton County Supervisors is this one .

Reading my mind: Duck!

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
October 3, 2021 11:26 pm

There's one thing I love, and it's babysitting a special little two year old. Well, most of the time. Actually, 99.9% of the time. It's that remaining teeny tiny of a percentage that brings me out of dead sleep with a scream, or the case last night being smashed in the nose.

Reading my Thoughts: Cars

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
September 27, 2021 12:18 am

A couple of weeks ago, I went downtown to the store. I came out and my car was dead. "Oh great, I left the lights on," I thought and immediately started down the list of my kids trying to figure out which one might be able to rescue me.

Letter to the Editor: Happy to be in Vinton

VINTON TODAY
September 14, 2021 11:33 am

Dear Editor,I believe I'm among the luckiest, no, most fortunate, a person you'll know. My wife is safely and thoughtfully cared for in the Virginia Gay Rehab facility managed expertly by Jessica Henkle.