ATKINS — Bloomsbury Farm in Atkins had a special visitor stop by the farm on Thursday, April 25. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson visited Bloomsbury to meet with the owners and learn more about how their family farm has expanded over the years. Bloomsbury Farm is operated by Dave and Karen Peters…
VINTON — Saturday afternoon folks had a little soul served with their coffee at Brickside Brew and Chew. Phil Thomas is a familiar face at Brickside, as he is involved in hosting the Open Mic nights held frequently there. But Saturday folks got Thomas all to themselves when he performed a so…
GARRISON — Benton County Farm Bureau donated some children’s books about agriculture to the Garrison Public Library last month. Angela Dague, Garrison City Clerk and Library Director expressed her gratitude to Benton County Farm Bureau for the donation of Ag books.
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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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CEDAR RAPIDS — A Vinton man who received child pornography over the internet while in a residential facility for a prior child pornography charge pled guilty April 26 in federal court in Cedar Rapids, according to a press release by the United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Iowa.
SHELLSBURG — We were glad the rain had stopped and we could have our meet; none of the teams was used to playing in wet conditions, so this was a good day to find out how we would do. Solon is loaded this year, so their score was no surprise. Senior Tori Elwick was the VS medalist and also h…
VINTON — The Vinton-Shellsburg Vikette soccer team celebrated making the Class 1A rankings Friday night in style.
VINTON — Youth will be served, eventually, but for now it’s a learning process for Coach Kyle McAbee’s young Vinton-Shellsburg soccer team.
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