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.

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 ...

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 ...

On behalf of the Chauncey Butler Post 514 American Legion, we would like to express our sympathy to the family of Norman Bickford on the passing of Norm from this world. Full text is available only to ...

West Branch’s green grocer is now its red, white, and blue grocer. Rajan “Raj” Bhatta, the owner of Jack & Jill grocery store since 2022, pledged allegiance to the United States of America on Nov. 13 ...

Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the E-Edition. To subscribe to the print edition (which includes E-Edition access), call (319) ...

Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the E-Edition. To subscribe to the print edition (which includes E-Edition access), call (319) ...

The Nordex Group is pleased to announce it has been awarded significant contracts by Alliant Energy, following a rigorous and competitive request for proposals process, according to a press release.

The delicate, buttery crescent-shaped tiny cookies, pieces of chopped almonds and a light coating of sugar on top — the Christmas cookie we reached for after December chores of feeding the chickens ...

West Branch’s green grocer is now its red, white, and blue grocer. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the E-Edition. To subscribe to ...