In a freak accident, a 9-year-old girl playing outside West Branch Public Library stepped on soft ground and tumbled into an apparent sinkhole on April 9.

Canceled rebate program short $76K
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · April 24, 2024
The Building Incentive Rebate Program that the West Branch City Council canceled last month needed just under $76,000 to fulfill its promises to 30 homeowners.

City Council OK’s $11.4 million budget
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · April 24, 2024
With a unanimous vote, the West Branch City Council approved an $11.4 million budget for the coming fiscal year.

Three injured, 2 seriously, on I-80’s westbound lanes
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · April 24, 2024
Three people suffered injuries Monday morning when three vehicles crashed on Interstate 80, sending one down a 30-foot-high embankment.

Heithoff among those to open for Plain White T’s
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · April 24, 2024
West Branch High School Class of 2022 graduate Joseph “Joe” Heithoff will compete Saturday in a singing competition to open for Plain White T’s.

MSWB wins 3 awards from state
News · April 24, 2024
Main Street West Branch on Friday received three awards covering building rehabilitation, business support, and volunteering.

School menus
News · April 24, 2024
School menus for April 25 through May 1 at West Branch Community Schools.

‘Big hit’: Daycare rates rise 8 to 21%
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · April 17, 2024
After seven months of reviewing its child care rates, the school district will increase those rates between 8 and 21 percent.

Interstate 80 widening project begins
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · April 17, 2024
Workers with Iowa Plains Signing Inc. of Slater put out barricades over the lunch hour on Tuesday to close the Interstate 80 eastbound on-ramp.

MSWB hours, crowds grew in 2023
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · April 17, 2024
The annual Main Street West Branch report shows the civic organization logged nearly 1,700 volunteer hours putting on events that attracted more than 7,600 people.

Hoover Park awards $450K contract to renovate house
by Gregory R. Norfleet · News · April 17, 2024
After spending $1.4 million to fix up three historic houses, the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site will spend about $450,000 on a fourth.

Professor and ambassador to visit Hoover Library on April 26
News · April 17, 2024
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum will host a lecture by Professor Jan Wouters on Friday, April 26, at 11 a.m.