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Good eye: Bethany Stainbrook takes a high pitch for a ball in season opener.
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Published 11:38pm May 21stGood eye: Bethany Stainbrook takes a high pitch for a ball in season opener.
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Published 11:38pm May 21stSenior Maddy Cornell struck out nine and allowed no earned runs in Vikette opener Tuesday evening.
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Published 9:52am May 22ndThese children have been selling lemonade to raise funds to fight PH.
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Published 11:38pm May 21stTouch 'em all: Josh Ferguson hits the Vikings first home run Tuesday in Vinton. The Vikes lost, 9-8.
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Area park areas Closed for Memorial Day Due to Flooding
· 10:40pm May 23rd, 2013 · 9 hours agoThese are the following areas that are currently closed due to rising floods on the cedar river.
1. Wildcat Bluff Park, boat ramp
2. Benton City Park, boat ramp & bottom tent campground at Benton City Park.
3. Milroy’s Access
4. Hoefle-Dulin’s Campground
5. Vinton Boat Ramp near Dudgeon State Park
These areas will be re-opened as soon as the floods subside and the roadways are clear for travel.
Judge Judy vs. Jeopardy: Smart, relevant people choose smart, revelant TV
· 6:35am May 23rd, 2013
Is most modern American TV programming really that measurably intellectually inferior, or does it just seem to be stupid, boring and spectacularly unoriginal?
Before I answer that question, let me offer you two quotes.
First: “What you laugh at, you soon become.”
I do not have any evidence that the above phrase is an ancient proverb.
VS Diamond Update: Struve could reach 500 milestone tonight; Vikettes blank ST
· 6:17am May 23rd, 2013After two wins at East Marshall on Wednesday, the Vinton-Shellsburg Vikings are 2-1 on the 2013 season, and Coach Jim Struve is two wins away from joining the Iowa Baseball Coaches Association 500 Wins Club.
The Vikings could give Coach Struve his 500th win tonight, as they host Independence in a varsity doubleheader.
Praying for rain -- til Saturday night
· 10:33pm May 22nd, 2013The extra batteries are in the camera bag; the spare knee brace in the suitcase.
As I prepare for a late week trip to Tennessee and Kentucky, I have one huge fear: That something big will happen in the news while I am away.
So, I pray for rain.
As I write this, the VS baseball team -- according to the Facebook updates from parents watching the VS/East Marshall double-header in Le Grand.
Benton County Relay for Life set for June 7
· 2:52pm May 22nd, 2013Benton County residents have the opportunity to help the American Cancer Society continue its 100-year fight against cancer by
getting involved with the Relay For Life at the Vinton-Shellsburg High
School Track, Vinton, on Friday, June 7, beginning at 6 p.m.
If you are a survivor, come and join fellow survivors in the celebration lap at 7 p.
PH fund-raising continues; area youth share lemonade stand profits
· 9:52am May 22nd, 2013
After Pray PHor a Cure event raised more than $12,000 and helped make area residents aware of the impact of PH (pulminary hypertension), efforts to help fight the disease continue.
Several area children have been splitting the profits from their lemonade stand with the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
























