GARRISON -The Benton County Republicans will host a candidate forum on Saturday, May 18, from 10 am — noon at Farmers Mercantile Hall in Garrison. Candidates running for both the Benton County Board of Supervisors and Benton County Sheriff will be present to answer questions from attendees. …
VINTON — On Wednesday, May 1st, 3rd graders from Benton Community, Belle Plaine, Vinton Shellsburg, Central Lutheran as well as home school students went to the Benton County Fairgrounds to learn about agriculture. Ten Benton FFA members headed to the fairgrounds to teach agriculture literacy.
Mid-Iowa Youth Beef Team (MIYBT) members, Olivia Hanson (Union High School), Ryan Hosek (North Tama High School), William Kroneman (Benton Community High School), Kaylynn Murty (South Tama High School), and Adelynn Sienknecht (North Tama High School) each earned a $2,000 Iowa Youth Beef Team…
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Kayla Griffith from Vinton and her sister Alyssa are both currently volunteers at a hospital in Accra, Ghana. We had a chance to talk to Kayla this noon on Zoom and here is the video.
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GRINNELL — Unfortunately we had not played this 18 hole course before; it’s very hilly, so a long walk for these young ladies. Senior Carmen Henkle had a PR with her 89. Tori Elwick took home the putting queen honors for our team. We had issues with penalty points for several of our team. Se…
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