The 2025 fall sports season is rapidly approaching with football, volleyball, and cross country set to begin games and meets the last week of August.

With less than a month until school resumes, the administrators at Akron-Westfield School District are busy preparing to welcome students back. The new cell phone policy and break/fix insurance were ...

Kayla Tindall, one of the most dominant pitchers to ever step in the circle for Akron-Westfield, is now in the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union (IGHSAU) Softball Hall of Fame. Tindall, along with ...

Past news from the files of the Akron Register-Tribune & The Akron Hometowner, for the week current week in 1905 through 2015.

The Westfield Panthers are set to hold their reunion on Aug. 9, 2025, at the Westfield Community Center.

After hearing frustrations over insufficient lodging options in the Akron, Iowa area, friends Jennifer Hart and Stephanie Cacioppo saw an opportunity to capitalize on the untapped market and bring ...

Earlier this summer, Akron alumni purchased and installed three benches in honor of the late Dr. Joseph P. Trotzig, located at the golf course, pool, and park. Many will remember Trotzig, who ...

A permit request by the First Baptist Church of Akron to outlet water into the county’s Drainage District #2 was in front of the Plymouth County Iowa Drainage District Board at the July 15, 2025, ...

Sheriff Jeff TeBrink was present at the Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Plymouth County Board of Supervisors meeting with his quarterly report. TeBrink began his report with the treasurer’s report which ...

Strong to severe thunderstorms swept through Akron last night, bringing wind gusts reported to be over 70 mph and causing widespread tree damage across town. Crews began cleanup early this morning as ...

“Getting vaccinated is the best way to protect yourself, your family, and your community.” That’s the message the Iowa Dept. of Health and Human Services is sending, after eight cases of measles have ...