It’s been a nice few weeks for Akron-Westfield senior Josie Jacobs.  She recently signed to continue her volleyball career at Mount Mercy and last week she was named to 2025 Iowa Basketball Coaches Association's Academic All-State team.

Akron-Westfield senior Allison Palmer is getting an opportunity to live out a dream.  On Feb. 26 she signed a letter of intent to swim at Morningside University next season.

By Kim Fickett

After a month of contract negotiations, the Plymouth County Board of Supervisors and County Secondary Roads Department have arrived at an agreement.

By Kim Fickett

A shed at a local farmstead was the sole loss of property in a grass fire that ravaged land west of Akron on Friday, Feb. 28.

By Kim Fickett

After not offering benches for sponsorship for a number of years, the Plymouth County Fair Board voted at its Thursday, Feb. 13 meeting to bring that option back for fairgoers.

By Kim Fickett

Wind gusts around 50 mph on Friday, Feb. 28 reignited a brush pile lit from a few days prior, causing a large grass fire west of Akron.

Surrounded by her family, Elaine Marie Swoyer peacefully passed from this life into eternal life on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

A Memorial Service will be at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Akron, Iowa. Visitation with the family present will begin at 1:00 p.m. and continue until the service begins. Expressions of sympathy may be expressed to the family through www.rexwinkelfh.com.