Vinton News

Like they have done a few times each year since 2006, the members of the Iowa Pyrotechnic Association gathered at the farm of Chuck and Marilyn Yedlik in rural Vinton.

Firefighters from Hiawatha and Cedar Rapids worked together to lift a large flag between two aerial ladder trucks outside a Hiawatha church on Thursday afternoon, in salute to scores of Iowa veterans who met there.

Volunteers began working on the new dugouts that will be at the baseball field in the Dysart City Park on Saturday, May 12.

Patrick Flannagan has won a few stock car feature races at the Benton County Speedway, but he faced another challenging event recently in Vinton.

Once again, Vinton area Dollars for Scholars supporters can help the organization by enjoying their favorite beverages at John's Quik Stop in Vinton.

Not many women can say that about their husbands, but Vinton resident Frances Crawford Lynch remembers clearly the day when she tried on her own to ride a sibling's bike outside her home in Douds, Iowa.

While the Vinton-Shellsburg Special Olympics athletes competed for gold medals at the recent State event in Ames, a Vinton native who works for the Iowa State University college newspaper was there to help tell their stories.

Debris and sheets of metal from the nearby TheisenA's store were wrapped around the swing set at Kiwanis Park on 13th Street in Vinton after straight line winds of more than 100 mph ravaged the entire town and much of Benton County the morning of Monday, July 11, 2011.

The annual Vinton Parks and Recreation Deparment Hershey Track meet Tuesday in Vinton.

On Saturday, May 5, 2012, members and leaders of the 76 Progressives 4-H Club in Washington County came to the Benton County Fairgrounds in Vinton to help plant trees that were purchased with a $325 Pioneer Grant from the Iowa State 4-H Foundation that the 76 Progressives 4-H Club received to help replace trees that were damaged/lost in the July ... (more)

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Rose Huber of Vinton is currently in Romania, where she is continuing her World Race mission trip, visiting one country each month this year.

After seven months of debate, state lawmakers finally made a decision about the future of education.

VINTON, Iowa - It's a dilemma many moms face, especially new ones-how clean to keep your children.

"There is a lot of life to be lived," legally blind bicyclist Bobby McMullen told the parents of visually impaired students Saturday.

That is how one area Girl Scout described another Girl Scout's reaction on Saturday, when Scouts from the area gathered at the Vinton Airport for a Fly Iowa and Young Eagles event.

At a recent meeting, the Vinton City Council adopted a written policy to address activation of the outdoor warning sirens.

Project Moses is a nation wide movement to place 7000 monuments of the Ten Commandmentsacross the country.

Fareway customers and other passers-by stopped to enjoy hot dogs with the Vinton 14 and under baseball team on Saturday.

More than 80 people sat in the Palace Theatre Sunday afternoon, snacking on soda and complimentary popcorn as they watched a movie.