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Jackson Trulson
09/16/2025 - 1:57pm
BRITT - Nine year old Jackson Trulson, a 4th grader at West Hancock elementary school, has been selected as one of 17 students from Iowa to take part in the National Math Stars program. National Math Stars is a nonprofit program launched in 2023...

Opinion

06/25/2025 - 11:20am
After an unprecedented effort from 12 Iowa Republican senators to get a bill (HF639) to the floor for a vote our hopes of passage were dashed by Gov. Reynolds’ veto. This bill protected property owners and their rights from the use of eminent domain...

Sports

09/09/2025 - 3:46pm
EAGLE GROVE - The West Hancock volleyball team (0-6) had two matches last week and lost them both against the likes of Eagle Grove and Garner-Hayfield-Ventura.  Eagle Grove Outperforms WH, Wins 3-0 On Tuesday, Sept. 2, the West Hancock volleyball...

Obituaries


Kay Eginton
09/12/2025 - 11:40am
Kay Ruth Eginton passed away peacefully on August 25, 2025. A resident of Iowa City since 1952 and a graduate of the University of Iowa, Kay was born in Lake Mills, Iowa, in 1935. Kay's lifelong vocation was writing poetry.  She is preceded in death...

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