Author Archives: Western Iowa Today

(Omaha) Creighton rolled to a 80-55 home win over North Dakota State on Tuesday. The Bluejays led 40-32 at half and gave up just eleven points in the game's final 11:00. They move to 7-1 on the season...

Theodore Bruce "Ted" Johnk, the son of Theodore Edward and Gladys Irene (Sankey) Johnk, was born September 9, 1937, on the family farm near Walnut, IA. Ted died November 29, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in...

Leanne Belcher, 64, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, November 28, 2021, at UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines. A Celebration of Life Memorial service will be held at Hillside Hope...

(Avoca) AHSTW has improved their boys basketball win total for three straight seasons and went 20-3 last year. The Vikings ended up in a substate final where they lost to Treynor. They bring back all ...

Girls Winterset 55, Creston 39 Carlisle 49, DM Christian 26 East Mills 51, Diagonal 23 Fremont-Mills 78, Heartland Christian 12 SW Valley 52, Griswold 22 Ankeny Christian 43, Madrid 31 MVAOCOU 72, Mis...

(Avoca) AHSTW girls basketball has just one senior and one junior on the roster. The Lady Vikes have gotten off to an 0-2 start, but coach Jill Vanderhoof says they are learning a lot. Coach Vanderhoo...

(Oakland) The Riverside boys basketball team will try to build off the momentum of last year when they posted their first winning season since 2013. We'll have the team's season opener against AHSTW o...

(Atlantic) He coached cross country, football, wrestling, track, golf, and softball for parts of three decaes in Atlantic. His name is Joel Simms and he's the latest guest on "Why I Coach." Simms grew...

(Elk Horn) Exira-EHK boys basketball coach Doug Newton says things are going well through the first couple of weeks of practice. The Spartans still have a fairly young team with a big cast of sophomor...

ACGC Graduates Mackenzie Campbell, Sophomore, Swimming, Morningside -Next meet December 4th. Quynton Younker, Sophomore, Defensive Line, Grand View -#3 Grand View beat #8 Concordia in the quarterfinal...