This year’s Fall Fest, which runs Friday and Saturday in downtown, features a new puzzle competition for those 16 and up. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, ...

Workers closed the westbound Interstate 80 Exit 254 ramps on Sunday night with the plan of reopening them next week. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, ...

While trying to interact with college graduate students on how to improve West Branch, speakers paused from time to time due to the loud trucks passing through downtown. Full text is available only to ...

Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-District 1, announced Sept. 30 that she will withhold her congressional pay in the event of a government shutdown. Full text is available only to subscribers.

The City-Wide Clean Up will take place 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at a new location: Cubby Park. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access ...

U.S. government appeared headed for a partial government shutdown that would also close local federal agencies. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click ...

West Branch’s Peggy Herman will speak 1 p.m. Oct. 12 on the Underground Railroad at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Mount Vernon. Herman lives in the former “Travelers ...

While Mayor Roger Laughlin did not draw a challenger on the ballot, West Branch City Council members Jodee Stoolman and Colton Miller will run against challenger Chantry Noel in the Nov. 5 election.

Main Street representatives said many local businesses learned how to pace themselves and serve the community’s two primary groups of customers. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are ...

Maybe you can’t beat City Hall. But perhaps you can wear them down. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the E-Edition. To subscribe to ...

West Branch firefighters busy that afternoon. Full text is available only to subscribers. If you are currently a subscriber, click here to access the E-Edition. To subscribe to the print edition ...

Another project started recently with the help of Main Street West Branch’s Rising Tide initiative, sprucing up Marg’s Little Red House Antiques shop. Located at 107 West Main Street, the antique shop ...