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SAYLES: Pioneer true crime stories: A skeleton in the ashes: 'The Curious Case of Frank Novak' chapter 2
On Feb. 4, 1897, in the town of Walford Iowa there was a dilemma facing Benton County Attorney M.J. Tobin. A suspicious fire had claimed both the general store and the town's only bank. In the basement rubble of the general store the nearly cremated remains of one man had been discovered.
Supervisors Weigh What Should Be in Meeting Minutes
VINTON – Minutes. How minutes are taken at the Benton County Board of Supervisors’ meetings was brought up at the start of the Benton County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, June 4, at the courthouse in Vinton. Supervisor Chairman Richard Primmer said Auditor Hayley Rippel did a...
Benton County school gets grant to fight youth drug abuse
Two school districts and a drug prevention group each received a five-year, $50,000 drug prevention and treatment grant that they plan to use to tackle youth drug abuse. The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) grant went to the Clinton Substance Abuse Council, Mount Vernon Community School District and Vinton Shellsburg Community School District.
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