The second week of the legislative session was shortened due to the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, but nonetheless, it was still a very busy week. Full text is available only to ...
Main Street West Branch is excited to announce the second annual Evening of Honors, an awards celebration recognizing outstanding volunteers, impactful leadership, and the local businesses that help ...
The Hoover Presidential Foundation has been awarded a $10,000 FY 2026 Iowa Tourism Marketing Grant from the Iowa Tourism Office, a division of the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA). Full text ...
Cedar County Republican caucuses will meet 7 p.m. Feb. 2 to caucus. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the E-Edition. To subscribe to ...
Joan Blundall recalls taking a walk through inner-city Philadelphia at age 10 when she came upon “bright-colored piles on the sidewalk.” Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are ...
Edward “Eddie” Haury, Jr., 71, of Solon, passed away on Jan. 12, 2026. He was born Sept. 9, 1954, to Edward Louis Haury Sr. and Beulah (Beall) Haury. A gathering was held on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, ...
“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 ...
A model train display will return. Fresh doughnuts will return, but with new organizers. A chili cookoff returns to West Branch. A Gingerbread House contest makes its debut. And many of the favorites ...
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 ...
Eight local businesses will benefit from more than $12,800 in Main Street West Branch grants. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the ...
Once again, the West Branch City Council discussed the pros and cons of paying for a streamgage. And, once again, they reluctantly agreed, by a 4-1 vote, to keep it. Full text is available only to ...
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.