It was a rather low-key meeting for the Akron-Westfield School Board on Monday, Nov. 10.

Superintendent Derek Briggs said while many of the policy reviews on the agenda were a part of routine business, one came with a policy change.

It all came down to drawing a name from a hat for the mayor’s race in Westfield.

It was at the Wednesday, Nov. 12 Plymouth County Board of Supervisors meeting when the two mayoral candidates’ names were literally tossed into a hat to determine the winner.

The Akron Hometowner

By Sabrina Escalante 

A new face is patrolling the streets of Akron. 

It was Oct. 1 when Cade Gill began his new role with the city as its assistant police chief.

By Kim Fickett

Mark your calendars, the 2026 Plymouth County Fair dates have officially been released. 

This coming year’s fair dates have been set with the Best Five Days of Summer to be held July 29-Aug. 2, 2026.

LE MARS – Christmas in Hometown Le Mars returns this holiday season Friday, Nov. 28, and Saturday, Nov. 29, with more holiday magic than ever before. 

For the second consecutive year, Akron-Westfield’s Nathan Schoenfelder was selected for the All-State Music Festival on Saturday, Nov. 22, in Ames.

Schoenfelder was accepted into the All-State Chorus after auditioning at the Le Mars districts’ event on Oct. 25.

By Kim Fickett

The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors has announced its schedule for the remainder of 2025.

The Tuesday, Nov. 25 meeting has been canceled due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Hwy 75 construction in home stretch

By Kim Fickett

The southbound lanes of US Hwy 75 between Merrill and Hinton will look to reopen just ahead of Thanksgiving, according to IDOT District Construction Engineer Jason Klemme.

By Kim Fickett

Calling all holiday decorating enthusiasts, the Akron Opera House is looking for participants for its annual Festival of Trees event.

By Kim Fickett

The 2025 holiday season is officially upon us and the Akron Area Chamber of Commerce has launched its annual promotions.

Community members are invited to get their bodies movin’ before sitting down to their Thanksgiving feast on Thursday, Nov. 27.

The Akron Park Board and Trail Committee will hold its inaugural Turkey Trot on the newly constructed trail beginning at Bob Tucker Softball Field on Thanksgiving morning. 

By Kim Fickett

With the Akron-Westfield Youth Wrestling Club more than halfway past the fundraising goal in its capital campaign towards the construction of a DK-12 wrestling facility at Akron-Westfield School, the green light was given by the school board to break ground this fall.

By Kim Fickett

Election Day has brought three new candidates, each with their own vision and goals, to the table for their first-ever term.

At the Akron Care Center, Madison Tapper was elected to fill one of the two board vacancies.

HAWARDEN — The Board of Directors at Hawarden Regional Healthcare has signed a letter of intent to begin the process of evaluating an affiliation with Avera Health.