The following students are on the honor roll for second semester of the 2025-2026 school year with a 3.5 grade point and above (* = 4.0): Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are ...

West Branch High School senior Lynden MacGillivray posed April 26 with Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer and Gov. Kim Reynolds at the 24th Annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony at the Iowa Events ...

The West Branch High School Class of 1966 will meet 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at Cedars Edge Golf Course with a happy hour, followed by food available upstairs anytime between 5 - 8 p.m. at Birdie’s ...

After a month-long review of a June 3 shooting incident, the Cedar County Attorney’s Office concluded it would not file charges against the West Branch Police chief. Full text is available only to ...

Robert “Rob” R. Wolfe, 70, of Iowa City passed away at home July 1, 2026. Rob was born April 28, 1956, to William T. and A. Louise (Tribby) Wolfe in Iowa City. They took him home to West Branch where ...

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A morning shooting on West Orange Street involved a West Branch Police Officer, according to the Cedar County Sheriff. The officer, who has yet to be identified, confronted a man allegedly involved in ...

A West Branch eighth-grader faces open-heart surgery in the coming month and the family could use some financial help. Noah Heick first found out about his left ventricular hypertrophic ...

Despite the “No Kings” theme, Saturday’s protesters spent more time rallying about policy disagreements than making a case that the Trump administration breaks the law. While 82nd Indivisible Group ...

The 6,800-mile American Discovery 250 Relay will pass through West Branch to mark the country’s 250th anniversary. According to a press release, West Branch is part of a 84-mile stretch between ...

Congress may vote Wednesday afternoon to reopen the federal government, which includes the Hoover Complex. U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, (R-District 1) speaking at a Town Hall meeting on Monday ...

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 ...