West Branch News

West Branch residents likely will find out how long they will be without a post office at a community meeting Wednesday night.

West Branch, the birthplace of President Herbert Hoover, will host "A Christmas Past" Dec.

Students in the Iowa City School District will start the 2009-10 school year on a Thursday, pending approval by the School Board.

The Grant Wood Area Education Agency is hosting a series of medical check-ups for children throughout the month of November.

Maidul Islam, 33, of Marion, has died of injuries suffered in a chain-reaction accident on Interstate 380 during this morning's commute.

Foreclosures Felt in Akron Some people let tragedy in their past affect how they live the rest of their life, but this Siouxland volunteer just focuses on the day ahead.

West Branch Community Schools were locked down for just over an hour today after a threatening phone call came in to Herbert Hoover Elementary.

Nearing the one-year mark for production, Acciona Windpower's West Branch assembly plant -- the only one in North America -- is helping Iowa become a state known for wind energy.

Student yearbook staffers at West High and West Branch High earned individual honors in the Iowa High School Press Association's Fall Yearbook Contest.

A life lived for the love of his community and family was a life lived well. Vernon Keith believed in his very core that serving, caring for and loving others were the keys to success and happiness and his ...

Esther F. Jensen, 99, formerly of West Branch, died Friday November 7, 2008 at the Oaknoll Retirement Residence in Iowa City where she had lived for more than 22 years.

Johnson County voters narrowly approved a plan Tuesday to spend $20 million in a 20-year period to conserve open space.

St. Bernadette's Parish, 507 Orange St. in West Branch, will host a soup supper and bake sale Sunday.

For Samantha Bender, her job is more than just what pays the bills. In fact, she's living out her lifelong passion.

Lois W. Laughlin, 83, of Iowa City, died at home on Saturday, November 1, 2008 from brain cancer.

Ashton Plantz welcomed home his new baby sister, JayLyn Serenity Burroughs, Friday, Oct.

Voters on Nov. 4 have a choice between Republican incumbent James Hahn and Democratic challenger Sharon Savage for state senate for the 40th district.

It is a long-running joke in my family that if you asked Uncle Charlie a question that was even remotely connected to history, you'd better settle in for a long conversation.

The West Liberty Police Department has filled a position left vacant last month.

An 80-year-old West Branch man died Thursday afternoon after a lawn mower he was riding struck a propane line that ran to a portable grain dryer, causing it to explode.