Three men received serious injuries after a head-on crash Monday night about one mile east of West Branch. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to ...

Popping party favors on the sixth floor of the Courtyard by Marriott in University Heights on Saturday, the Hoover Presidential Foundation celebrated giving away $1 million to high school students.

Another five families requested help from the West Branch Food Pantry during the partial government shutdown, an increase of 13 percent, according to a volunteer. Full text is available only to ...

Pete Swisher brought “goodies” to the first staff meeting after the 43-day government shutdown closed the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are ...

Two marble, 56-year-old benches sustained minor damage when someone flipped the tops off near the Hoover gravesite, either Nov. 7 or 8. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently ...

With the longest shutdown in U.S. history ending after 43 days, the Hoover Complex opened on Nov. 13, the morning after President Trump signed the continuing resolution that funds the government ...

Eric Matthew Marland of Cambridge, England passed away on March 20, 2025. Eric was born in Cambridge, Mass., to William “Bill” Marland and Barbara Marland (nee Sherer) on Oct. 9, 1957. They moved to ...

After securing $375,000 in Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants in five years, the local Main Street chapter feels increasingly confident about securing funding for West Branch businesses. Full text is ...

Congress may vote Wednesday afternoon to reopen the federal government, which includes the Hoover Complex. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to ...

First $20,000. Then $25,000. And, in one week, two more grants, worth $100,000 and then $10,000. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the ...

West Branch Middle School’s seventh-grade football team struggled to reach the end zone on Sept. 30 when taking on the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers, fallng 29-0. Rushing: Jase Stout 6-33; Elias ...

West Branch Middle School’s eighth-grade football team fell to the Beckman Catholic Trailblazers on Sept. 30, 37-6. The Bears’ only touchdown came on a 24-yard pass from quarterback Teddy Bucknell to ...