In a pool of 269 competitors trying for state, West Branch Middle School finished third this weekend and advanced to the state Lego League championship round. Calling themselves the 71704 Team of Doom ...

West Branch City Administrator Adam Kofoed earned an honorable mention last week for an article he wrote after being diagnosed with autism and the acceptance he found from the City Council and staff.

“I’ve never built anything this big,” Branden Chiles said Friday night while looking over his model train display at Christmas Past. Chiles’ train exhibit stepped in after the Dean Gibson family’s ...

Under the threat of death, local Quakers successfully helped move slaves as far north as Canada to reach freedom, crowds heard during Juneteenth activities last week. Humans For Racial Justice hosted ...

Junior High Builders turned 3,000 doughnuts into three water pumps during A Christmas Past. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the ...

Matt Colbert was named to the President’s List at Drake University for the Spring 2025 semester. To be eligible for the President’s List, students must have earned a perfect 4.0 GPA for the semester.

West Branch Softball announced plans last week for a $505,000 renovation to the high school stadium, then added that the group had already raised half the money. In a July 22 presentation at the ...

More people want library cards. Ebook use nears that of audiobooks. Summer Reading Program attendance skyrocketed. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click ...

After a contentious meeting two weeks earlier, the West Branch City Council and owners of The Meadows subdivision reached an agreement on the city taking over 9.33 acres of land. The Dec. 1 meeting ...

When motorists drive this week on the newly opened Interstate 80 westbound lanes, they will notice a darker road. Your eyes are not tricking you: Yes, the latest phase of widening Interstate 80 uses ...

The West Branch softball team put up a valiant effort against Class 3A No. 4 West Liberty Monday night on the road, falling 16-1 in four innings. “We talked, we had a very poor weekend, lack of effort ...

• $100,000 for new field lights. The school district will cover this cost. • $50,000 to renovate the concession stand into new locker rooms ...