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, ...

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 ...

To learn more about the fruitful history of Akron, swing by the Akron Area Museum and tour the 14 rooms that hold important artifacts dating back over a century ...

An Akron-Westfield alum was recently honored as the 2025 South Dakota Small Business of the Year. --- Online Subscribers: Please click here to log in to read this ...

The Akron-Westfield boys basketball team closed out their first season under head coach Steven Husk with plenty of reasons for optimism. The Westerners will return their leading scorer, Reegan McKee, ...

The Akron-Westfield (A-W) girls golf team came into the season with lofty expectations, coming off a fifth-place finish in Class 1A in 2024. The 2025 team certainly didn’t seem to be bothered by ...

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 ...

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

The August Akron-Westfield School Board meeting was pretty run of the mill with some last minute details handled before the start of the 2025-2026 school year ...

With our first taste of winter already in the books for the season, the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office would like to offer some important reminders for motorists ...

A new school year means a fresh start. And for more than 40 years, the Akron-Westfield School District and the Akron Legion Post 186 have come together to commemorate that moment with a Flag Raising ...

The Akron Hometowner extends a warm welcome to Hailey Wilken, who is a new preschool teacher at Akron-Westfield (A-W). Her classroom is right down the hall from her mother Tina Wilken’s classroom, who ...