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 ...

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 ...

In-person worship services. Please check our website for live streaming services and recordings. facebook.com/Westbranchumc.org/worship. WBUMC Iowa channel on www ...

Following a review process, Cedar County selected Schneider Geospatial’s Beacon for property and tax information. Go to www.cedarcounty.iowa.gov, and select the GIS icon or visit ...

This week in Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks made some remarkable claims. “The ACA subsidies that came from the ‘Unaffordable Care Act’, they are not expiring, they were not cut,” ...

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.

• 12:30 p.m. Basketball: Boys JV v Anamosa • 2 p.m. Basketball: Girls Varsity v Anamosa • 3:30 p.m. Basketball: Boys Varsity v Anamosa ...

Head Football Coach John Nestor was an excellent coach and leader of our student-athletes. While no one is perfect, and yes, he had more to learn about our small town and its ways, we never truly gave ...

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 ...

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 ...

Much like it looked when it closed 3 1/2 years ago, the winery building at 116 West Main Street reopened on Friday under a new name. What had been the Brick Arch Winery is now The Black Rose, a “boozy ...