Memorial Day plans and the beginning of summer

Madison Taylor, Reporter

Memorial Day is a day when people remember those who died in the military. It is a three-day weekend for many that consists of memorials, grilling out and camping. It is also when most swimming pools op...

May 28, 2017

The Lloyd-Jones Residency for Versatile Writing visits West High School

May 28, 2017

On Wednesday, May 24, the Lloyd-Jones Residency for Versatile Writing: Master Classes for Iowa’s Young Writers paid a visit to the News Lab an...

The Beak ‘n’ Eye sings the fight song in honor of issue 8 distribution

May 26, 2017

UIowa nonfiction writing graduates visit Mrs. Hansen’s journalism class

May 26, 2017

Student versus staff basketball game

Kelly Snawerdt, Editor

On Thursday, May 11, West had one of its very famous student vs. staff basketball games as a finishing to this school year. The student team consisted of Brett Erwin, T...

May 16, 2017

West vs. Bettendorf: Substate game

February 25, 2017

“True” fans support the Chicago Cubs to the end

November 2, 2016

The World Series signals the return of all the baseball fanatics. This year, a team that has not won the World Series in over a hundred years, returns...

Boys basketball team hits the court

December 4, 2015

At its first home game on Dec. 1, the boys basketball team started out strong, leading Dubuque Senior by 32-24 at the half.  However, Senior's full...

Retiree Kathy Eberlein

Kelly Snawerdt, Editor

School Psychologist Kathy Eberlein will also be retiring from West as of June 1. She has worked here for a total of 12 years, but before worked at Sudlow Intermediate for 18 y...

May 31, 2017

Humans of West-Junior Axel Sade

May 7, 2017

Axel Sade, junior at West High knew even from a young age, that hockey would be his passion. Axel began his hockey career when his parents took him to see th...

Humans of West-Senior Cami Schrier

April 3, 2017

While some high schoolers spent their spring break relaxing at home or tanning on a beach, senior Cami Schrier traveled to Haiti and spent a week with ...