On September 16th West had the pleasure of having a guest speaker, Iowa supreme court justice Matthew McDermott, talk to students in the auditorium. McDermott and the other justices were in town to listen...

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, who was a right-wing political activist that in 2012 co-founded the conservative organization Turning Point USA and hosted a radio show called The Charlie Kirk Show...

Severe weather season in the Midwest, once it is springtime it is like clockwork, waiting for the parts to come together and the right time to strike. One such extreme case came about last year on Tuesday,...

This spring break West’s robotics team headed down to Saint Louis High School in Honolulu, Hawaii for the Hawaii regional hosted by First Robotic Competition. The team put in hard work to make this trip...

March Madness is one of the most anticipated sporting events in the United States. The tournament consists of 68 Division 1 Womens and Mens basketball teams. According to ESPN, in 2022 17.3 million brackets...

Recently, many stars in some of America’s top professional sports leagues have faced consequences for their poor behavior. NBA superstar Anthony Edwards received a one game suspension after picking up...

Drum Corps International (DCI), also known as the major league of marching arts, is an organization that sanctions competitions with various drum corps. Drum Corps is the highest level of marching band....

While phones can be useful for many things, in the classroom they become a distraction. A survey conducted by Pew Research Center found that 7 in 10 high school teachers say that phone usage in schools...

Go take a drive over to the nearest shopping center or nearest eating establishment, and chances are it will not look the same from when parents were their children’s age. Stores might be closed, rebranded,...

Bundle up Falcons!  During this last week Iowa faced a harsh cold front, seeing some of the coldest temperatures in a while. Cold fronts are a weather phenomenon where a mass of cold air pushes under...

On Monday, January 20, 2025, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States for the second time. Leading into his presidency, Trump proposed many ideas including widely expanding...

After years of planning, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) unveiled its new 12 team College Football Playoff (CFP) this year; a departure from the four team playoff that ran from 2014/2015...