Lisa Hodgson (Welch), a 1999 Akron-Westfield graduate, was elected and sworn in as the mayor of Alcester on Dec. 4, 2024. --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to ...

It’s “Game On” for the Westerners as they prepare to celebrate Homecoming 2025. --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to log in to read this story and ...

Do you have a deep appreciation for the staff at Akron-Westfield? Are you looking to make a difference in the lives of our youth? If so, then the Akron-Westfield (PTA) Parent Teachers Association ...

That is the message the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is putting out this year as the winter season is just beginning. --- Online Subscribers: Please ...

Calling all vendors! Organizers of the Great Akron Scarecrow Festival are actively looking to fill the vendor openings for this year’s fall festival. --- Online ...

While Jed and Christine Winquist have only been bee-having since 2020, it is a dream Christine has wanted to pursue for some time. --- Online Subscribers: Please ...

Plymouth County Sheriff Jeff TeBrink made an opioid funding request at the Tuesday, Oct. 14 Board of Supervisors meeting. --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to ...

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 ...

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Kayla Tindall, one of the most dominant pitchers to ever step in the circle for Akron-Westfield, is now in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) Softball Hall of Fame. Tindall, along with ...

An agreement between Akron-Westfield and Elk Point-Jefferson regarding the Greater Hoyt area will continue for now, according to A-W Superintendent Derek Briggs ...

AKRON – When it is all said and done, there is nothing more rewarding for an athlete than being honored for the hard work put into their sport. --- Online ...