Monica Leo’s life with puppets spans the globe and covers 45 years. She’s got it all down in a memoir titled, “Hand, Shadow, Rod. The Story of the Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre,” due in … more

A new playground will be available for preschool and kindergarten students to use at the new Early Learning Center building next fall. ELC principal Kirk Ryan said there was a committee formed … more

The West Liberty City Council announced who they offered the city manager position to at the city council meeting Tuesday, March 21. They also clarified the ordinance regarding the qualifications an … more

After qualifying the top three at regionals, an eighth grader from West Liberty Middle School moved onto the state competition in a mathematic competition. Jayden Thammavongsa traveled to Ames … more

First he was a kid in the audience. Later he worked the concession stand. Now Mac Howes owns West Liberty’s New Strand Theatre and hopes to offer today’s families the same thrills he enjoyed as a kid. more

There’s one television in the corner of Axe & Oak Whiskey House in Wilton, but business owner Fred Grunder said it’s only for select games. more

Wapsi Environmental Center near Dixon held a maple syrup demonstration on March 4. more

Thunderous calls from competing Toms trying to out-do one another for the attention from nearby hens, rattles through Iowa’s timber each spring. This annual ritual is witnessed by hunters who attempt to mimic the call of a lonely hen, to attract a frustrated Tom to come search her out. more

Debbie Wallace is a firm believer in the healing power of love. more

By Xiomara Levsen Index Editor Around 200 people came to the Nichols Fire Department Sunday, March 19, for its annual pancake breakfast. “It’s a big turn out,” said Nichols Fire Chief … more

A West Liberty resident recently returned from running her sixth world major marathon in Tokyo, Japan Jackie Henderson traveled to Tokyo with her family at the beginning of March. The process to … more

NARCAN will soon be available in the West Liberty Community School District. The West Liberty Board of Education held the first reading of school board policies 905.3 – 905.3R1 at its meeting … more