Another strong season for Iowa City High’s boys’ cross country team came to a close with a seventh-place finish with 195 points at the Class 4A state meet held Saturday morning in Fort Dodge. Full ...

West Branch could not get its offense going Friday against Wilton, falling 30-7 to close out the year in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you ...

The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and Hoover Presidential Library and Museum remain closed after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a budget or continuing resolution by Oct. 1. Full text is ...

Nine West Branch Community School District staff received a combined total of $3,610 in grants from the district’s foundation on Oct. 10. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are ...

West Branch Food Pantry received another donation to help keep food on the shelves in the face of the partial government shutdown, with children raising $205 on Friday. Full text is available only to ...

Residents of West Branch are invited to help shape future growth of the community by completing a survey and participating in an open house as part of the city’s comprehensive plan update. Full text ...

Only two candidates filed to run for the two available seats on the West Branch Board of Education, and both easily won in Tuesday’s school board election. Full text is available only to subscribers.

Up to fourth grade, state test results show more local West Branch pupils overall meeting or exceeding expectations than in the spring, according to recent figures looking at cohort groups. Full text ...

The family of a child who allegedly threatened classmates pushed back against statements that the child was the aggressor. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber ...

Mariannette Miller-Meeks and the Iowa Democratic Party raised concerns this past week that the ongoing partial government shutdown will soon endanger Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP) ...

Generous support by way of court naming rights has helped put the West Branch Lions in the home stretch of their efforts to build an outdoor four-court pickleball complex at Cubby Park, according to a ...

Cotton Creek Mill quilt shop will host a charity quilt auction with all net proceeds going to the nonprofit Eastern Iowa Honor Flight organization. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you ...