State lawmakers said attempts to end mandates for proven vaccines will fail in this legislative session. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to ...

An Iowa nursing home worker who was criminally charged with stealing residents’ painkillers has agreed to surrender her license. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a ...

Art students leveraged their artwork to benefit their art classes. Over the weekend, West Branch High School’s Art Club put 50 pieces of artwork on display at the Hoover House for four hours Friday ...

Procter & Gamble plans to "phase out" its West Branch distribution warehouse over the next two-plus years, according to a company spokesman. The news comes at the same time the company told workers at ...

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 ...

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. Norman and his wife, Pat, and ...

Iowa State Patrol reports that three people sustained serious or life-threatening injuries after a car drove the wrong way on Interstate 80. In total, eight people ended up in the hospital Sunday ...

The next phase of the Interstate 80 widening project will start in March after the state awarded a $28.7 million contract earlier this month. The Iowa Department of Transportation on Feb. 3 awarded ...

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.

This week I will write about an exciting workforce bill. 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 ...

Three men received serious injuries after a head-on crash Monday night about one mile east of West Branch. The crash took place around 6 p.m. on Herbert Hoover Highway/290th Street, between Charles ...

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