The West Liberty Police Department has a new mascot. Local residents are getting an opportunity to meet “Grogu,” an extra-terrestrial star of the Disney Star Wars Series movie “The …
FFA has changed. What used to be an all-boys chapter decades ago, West Liberty High School’s FFA Chapter isn’t just for boys any longer. This year, the girls outnumber the boys in the …
Only 49 percent of West Liberty High School students returned to face-to-face classroom education Tuesday, Feb. 16, despite the precautions the school district has outlined to keep students and …
Record breaking cold and winter storms across much of the U.S. have had a significant impact on blood donations. The American Red Cross is urging healthy individuals, especially those with type O …
DES MOINES — As Iowa commemorates its 175th anniversary of statehood this year, the State Historical …
Auditor of State Rob Sand released an audit report on Muscatine County, Iowa. Financial highlights …
IOWA CITY — The League of Women Voters of Johnson County will host a Legislative Forum on Saturday, …
Superintendent Dr. Diego Giraldo believes the West Liberty Community School District took another step …
Approaching the weekend of Jan. 12-14, 1979, Jim Rowen, now 91, and his wife, Joyce, 92, never …
The West Liberty Police Department hopes to obtain a grant to provide a drop box for expired …
Mexican ice cream coming to West Liberty via grant
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 is a date that Kobe Simon will be hard-pressed to forget. After qualifying for the Iowa High School State Wrestling Tournament for the fourth straight year, Simon would not be …
For the second consecutive year, West Liberty’s bid to get to the Class 3A Girls State basketball …
The West Liberty High School Boys Basketball team saw their season end Thursday to the hands of …
The West Liberty High School Boys basketball team fell in their final 3 games on the regular season …
The West Liberty High School Girls Basketball team finished their regular season in style this week …
The West Liberty Boys basketball team captured their second consecutive victory Monday in West …
The West Liberty High School girls basketball team improved to 11-5 this past week, taking …
On Friday, Jan. 22, five West Liberty High School Comet wrestlers competed in the third annual …
George Washington Carver was born into slavery in Missouri in the early 1860s. Having been separated from his family, the farm owner and his wife taught him to read and write. He left the farm at …
Did you know the average American donated $608 to charity last year? Despite the COVID-19 crisis of …
Early in January, my husband and I both contracted the COVIDE-19 virus. . We had been careful about …
My memories of growing up in West Liberty always take me back to the Frigid Queen ice cream store. …
Well, here we are again. It’s that time of the year when we like to put together a “wish list” for …
Next week will be our first issue of the year, when we will feature the top news stories of the …
I’ve lived in small communities most of my life and I’m not sure there’s a better time to be …
Years ago, there was a very popular family-owned diner on the corner of 4th Street and U.S. Route 6 …
On Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, Robert George Hogan, Jr, peacefully passed away in his home at the age of 62. Robert was born in 1959 in West Liberty, Iowa, the son of Robert George and Ann Rose …
Arlene E. Crocker, 99, of Newton died on Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, at Nelson Manor. A funeral service …
Arlene Doris (Garlick) Ellis, died on Feb. 8, 2021, at Crestview Nursing Home in West Branch, Iowa. …
Longtime rural Lone Tree residents Carl and Wilma Ogren will celebrate a remarkable milestone on Tuesday, …
West Liberty graduate Dennis Poock, 72, of Gaylord, Minnesota, died Monday, Feb. 1, at Abbott …
iberty, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. A memorial service will be …
Rosemary Morris Hubbard, 100, formerly of West Liberty, died on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 at …
Todd Alan Nath, 53, of Mechanicsville, Iowa, died suddenly Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 at Jones County …
