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The Rotary Club of West Liberty celebrated its centennial Saturday evening, Dec. 14, with a throw-back event that included duplicating the inaugural charter meal, live music, history and the …
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By Tim Evans, Index Reporter
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12/23/24
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Christmas time has become creativity time for Kelly Morrison.
The West Liberty Middle School physical education teacher has a knack for creating powerful holiday window displays and has kept a …
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By Tim Evans, Index Reporter
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12/23/24
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West Liberty police officer Craig Ford helps a shopper with a Christmas list. Ford joined regional first responders for Wilton's shop with a cop event, accompanying kids to the Muscatine Walmart.
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12/23/24
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Perhaps getting snubbed from the Class 2A all-state football team lit a fire under Comet senior Ryker Dengler for wrestling season.
Like on the gridiron, he led his team into battle and paved …
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By Ross Shinberg, Regional Sports Editor
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12/23/24
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Karen Irene Mitts, 88, of West Liberty, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at the Simpson Memorial Home.
Visitation was held on Monday, Dec. 23, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the West …
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12/23/24
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Liberty Pattern Company, a globally recognized leader in pattern engineering, announces the retirement of director Gary August after a 43-year career with the organization.
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12/23/24
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Click on the attachments to read The West Liberty Index 10-page letters-to-Santa section.
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12/18/24
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On Dec. 10, the City of West Liberty and the Rural Trustees, who both support the West Liberty Fire Department, reached an agreement on a proposed 28E Agency to provide fire protection to the …
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12/18/24
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Mayor Mark Smith read a proclamation honoring the Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre Company, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. After starting as a traveling puppet theatre company in …
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12/18/24
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Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in West Liberty will hold a service of Lessons, Carols, and Candlelight 6:30 p.m., Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24.
First Church United in West Liberty will hold its …
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12/18/24
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By Tim Evans
Index Reporter
West Liberty’s newest police officer, Craig Ford, was desiring a nap mid-day Wednesday, Dec. 4, upon his participation in the community’s Shop with a …
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12/18/24
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Ulises Jacques, 30, of Altoona, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, at his home. He will be remembered for his unwavering kindness, humor, deep love for his family, and dedication to his career in …
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12/18/24
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West Liberty is about to be on the cutting edge of a new agricultural industry.
At the Dec. 3 meeting, council members heard a presentation by William Cowell de Gruchy, founder and CEO of …
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By Erin M. Gentz
Editor
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12/18/24
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Wilton’s Hy-Line North America hatchery made history Tuesday, Dec. 10, launching a European developed egg-sex determination technology for the first time in the United States.
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Tim Evans, Reporter
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12/18/24
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Gov. Kim Reynolds named Sen. Chris Cournoyer as her new lieutenant governor Monday, filling the role that was left open since former Lt. Gov. Adam Gregg resigned from the position in September.
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Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch
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12/17/24
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The West Liberty Ignite Dance Team competed at the 2025 Iowa State Dance and Drill Team Association’s State Championships in Des Moines last Friday.
The team received Division II ratings …
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12/11/24
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A total of 23 local families will have a better Christmas this year thanks to the West Liberty Police Department’s seventh annual “Shop with a Cop” event, held Wednesday, Dec. 4.
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By Tim Evans, Index Reporter
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12/11/24
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Ninety-four percent of West Liberty High School students passed all their classes for the first trimester.
That’s up from 87 percent in the first trimester of the 2023-24 school year.
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By Erin M. Gentz, Index Editor
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12/11/24
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Working in the former Jan’s Flower Shop in West Liberty as a student at West Liberty High School, it didn’t take long for Charles Brooke to realize he was destined to get into the floral …
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By Tim Evans, Index Reporter
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12/11/24
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Eastern Iowa Auction Company, owned and operated by Donovan and Sara Yoder, of Atalissa, have donated $20,000 to the Event Center at the Muscatine County Fair.
The Yoders live on a farm north of …
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12/11/24
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