When Matthew Swancutt threw four straight strikes in his opening game, he thought he might have his best finish ever at the IHSAA state boys’ bowling tournament ...

For the first time since 2018, an Akron-Westfield all-freshmen group to receive All-State Large Group Speech honors traveled to Ames on Feb. 21. --- Online ...

Velma (Ross) Knudsen, who holds the distinction of being the oldest living graduate from Akron, Iowa, proudly served as the parade marshal for the 2025 All Class Reunion Parade. She was born in 1924 ...

“Life is a song. Sing it.” This is the motto that Morgan Higman has lived by since uttering her first words. Find out what inspires her, and what's next for the ...

The Akron-Westfield girls basketball program has a new head coach, but he’s not new to the Westerner way. Corey DeRocher, a 2003 graduate of A-W, was named the girls basketball coach after Kent ...

This sentiment by Colin Powell is the same sentiment that fuels a new program recently launched by the Akron and Westfield Growth Alliance (AWGA). --- Online ...

The Akron-Westfield fourth-grade students attended the Field to Table Classroom, hosted by Valley Ag Supply. --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to log in to ...

Even though he was a freshman competing in the IHSAA boys’ swimming state meet, Kolt Henrich held his own. --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to log in to ...

A Plymouth County man has been arrested following a traffic stop on warrants of child endangerment and animal neglect in connection with a September 2025 incident that resulted in the removal of three ...

This simple mission by Sleep in Heavenly Peace has helped give thousands of children a safe, warm place to sleep. --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to log in ...

Everyone knows you cannot go wrong with baking cookies for Santa, but what cookies does he prefer? Not to worry, our writers were sure to ask along with other questions in their exclusive interview ...