Social district signs up in West Branch
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Hooligan candy crawl creeps in this Saturday
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Aliens we’d be wiser not to deport
“Project Earth,” (2024) by Lupton-based author Jay Fiondella, is a plot-driven thriller with elements of science fiction. With a central thesis that the human species needs a serious intervention, Fiondella brings an ambitious if familiar tale of extraterrestrials walking among us and attempting to give us a nudge in a better direction at a critical moment in time.
Cardinals lose in Lincoln
The Whittemore-Prescott varsity football team lost an away game to the Alcona Tigers Oct. 10 by a final score of 8-40.
Pumpkins roll at inaugural event in West Branch
Local veterans organizations and Boy Scouts host family-friendly event at Irons Park Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Local farm and nature preserve host over 240 fifth graders
Students from Surline, Whittemore-Prescott and Saint Joseph Catholic elementary schools who visited the Rosebrugh dairy farm in West Branch and Cole Canoe Base in Skidway Lake
On this day in U.S. history
The Immigration Act of 1918, also known as the Alien Anarchists Exclusion Act of 1918, was signed into U.S. law by President Woodrow Wilson on October 16, 1918.
Polka and chainsaws at West Branch’s first Oktoberfest
West Branch’s first-ever “Oktober Fest” drew crowds to downtown West Branch last Saturday, featuring chainsaw carving competitions, live polka music, a petting zoo and pony rides, and more.
West Branch Township establishes Commons policies
Ribbon cutting at site of former West Branch Steel Oct. 14
WPAS former superintendent now an executive at Wellvance
In the separation agreement between Whittemore-Prescott Area Schools and former superintendent Michael Ehinger, obtained by the Herald-Independent through a Freedom of Information Act request, one of the terms states that Ehinger “did not engage in any substantiated misconduct.”