Depth and experience are two of the reasons for optimism when it comes to the 2025 track & field season for the Akron-Westfield girls team. --- Online Subscribers ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Akron Opera House’s Board of Directors works to identify and pursue grant opportunities. Because of their work, the Akron Opera House has raised significant funds through donations and grant ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Akron-Westfield cross country program continues to head in the right direction under head coach Jerod Bruget. The fourth-year program is still growing, but the numbers that matter tell Bruget the ...

It’s been a busy few months for Akron-Westfield senior Makenzie Hughes. In addition to playing summer basketball, Hughes was making on-campus visits to a handful schools as she narrowed her college ...

The government shutdown is yielding its effects across the ag industry, according to Eric Weuve, Iowa State Extension and Outreach farm business management field ...

Each year at the Memorial Day program, the Albert E. Hoschler American Legion Post 186 dedicates flags from late veterans into the Post’s Avenue of Flags. While families still own the dedicated flags, ...

The Akron-Westfield JV girls basketball team continues to pile up the wins this season. The Westerners beat Lawton-Bronson 44-23 as Brooklyn Hughes scored 20 points and Tess Frerichs added 10 points ...

Who’s ready to get their gobble on? We are officially less than a week away from Thanksgiving, and families are starting to prepare for the hustle and bustle of the ...