Some things don't change from generation to generation, fortunately

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
March 8, 2019 10:15 am

We finally celebrated Christmas, yes we did. In March.  Hey, I keep saying we need to adopt another holiday that's not so hectic like groundhog day or something.

The Joy of Email

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
March 6, 2019 3:14 pm

I've always been the one that wanted to sit at the feet of older people and just listen to their stories. Actually, I can remember doing that very thing at a couple's house, when I was a little child.

Breaker, breaker, this is Pink Sweater wishing you a fond farewell

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
March 6, 2019 8:31 am

I suppose to kids today, a CB radio is as foreign to them as a rotary dial telephone, well almost as foreign as a landline.My first introduction to a CB was back in the '70's.

The Hills are alive, with the sound of Hoof beats

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
February 28, 2019 8:30 pm

As I prepared to leave for tonight's City Council meeting I heard a bunch of rustling in my evergreen trees lining the front of my lawn just a few feet from my front door.

Iowa Donor Network Celebrates 25 years of Organ Donation: From a Donor Family

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
February 28, 2019 7:35 am

Almost 15 years ago. our family lost one of the best guys that I knew in the world, my father in law. At the time we were still recovering from a couple of other losses in the same branch of the family tree.

Letter to the Editor: Speak Up for the Little Ones

VINTON TODAY
February 19, 2019 12:49 pm

Dear Editor, For too long I have been silent on the topic of abortion. I consider and pray that our nation would value unborn lives, but I have felt a strong need to speak up and encourage others to also.

Letter to the Editor: Benton County should follow Vinton with Broadband

VINTON TODAY
February 14, 2019 6:51 am

Congrats!!!     To the City of Vinton and to the efforts by your publication in support of the affirmative vote on the broadband project.

If you build it, they will come: Broadband Project Vote Tonight

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
February 12, 2019 6:59 am

The VMEU Board will decide the fate of Vinton's Broadband project. at their meeting tonight, February 12th,  beginning at 5:00 p.m. at City Hall. The Vinton Municipal Electric Utility will decide if the construction of a fiber network will proceed by accepting the bids from contractors to set the project in motion.

Tips for Laying a Military Member to Rest with Class

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
February 7, 2019 7:33 am

When the time comes to lay a veteran to rest, if you're like we were, you want the very best.One of the things we discovered is how to make a military funeral, be all that it can be.

Letter to the Editor: Free Stuff is not Free

VALERIE CLOSE, EDITOR
January 29, 2019 10:49 am

Dear Editor – one more rant: Kamala Harris and all the others wanna-bees for Dem nomination want and talk of Medicare for all.  I am on Medicare and have been since I turned 65.