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Freshman Lauren Pitts (left) gets ready to perform with juniors Abbie Kluender and Payten Woody at the Community Pep Rally on Thursday, Oct, 2. The dance team is performing a pom routine and preparing for State Dance on Friday, Dec. 6.

Dance Team to hold Monster Mash Bash

Hannah DePriest October 9, 2025

The Norwalk High School Dance Team will host their annual Monster Mash Bash fundraiser. It will be Saturday, Oct. 11. in the North Gym of Norwalk High School. This fundraiser is an opportunity for the...

Brandon Lake to perform in Des Moines

Brandon Lake to perform in Des Moines

Payton Travis October 8, 2025

Brandon Lake, a Christian musician, will be arriving in Des Moines for his "King Of Hearts" Tour. The concert will be held in the Casey's Center on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 7:00 pm.  Traveling with Brandon...

Mr. McCartney (center) talks to front line on Friday, Sept. 5. The Norwalk Warrior Marching Band will perform at Valleyfest at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Valley Stadium.

Marching band to compete at Valleyfest

Maria Benavides October 7, 2025

The Norwalk Warrior Marching Band is going back to Valleyfest. Norwalk last year ended up placing seventh with the show called "Time," and they ended up scoring a II overall. This year the marching band...

Katie Liedtke (left) and Addie Smith decorate the hallways for Homecoming Week on Friday, Sept. 26. The Homecoming dance will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the North Gym.

Norwalk to hold Homecoming dance

Isabella Joel October 4, 2025

Norwalk High School is going to host their annual Homecoming Dance on Oct. 4, the night after their Homecoming football game. Thanks to the help of the head of the students helping with the Homecoming...

Jason Aldean performs in Des Moines in October 2022. Aldean is set to take the stage in Des Moines again on Sept. 19, 2025, at the Casey's Center.

Jason Aldean to perform in Des Moines

Kingston Lamb September 18, 2025

Jason Aldean is set to take the stage and perform a concert on his “Full Throttle Tour” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 19, 2025. The concert is happening at the newly branded "Casey's Center” in...

A youth football team plays recently at Norwalk Warrior Stadium. Third- through sixth-grade football players will be recognized at the Norwalk High School football game for Youth Night on Friday, Aug. 12.

Youth to be recognized at football game

Eden Lewis September 12, 2025

Youth Night will take place on Friday, Sept. 12 at the Norwalk Warrior Stadium as our football team takes on Southeast Polk. At halftime of the high school football game, Norwalk youth football teams...

Mr. Bergstrom is updating grades for his Health class. This was his last day in school as the Health teacher before he starts his new role.

Mr. Bergstrom to serve as assistant principal

Evangeline Joyce, Staff Reporter June 17, 2025

Mr. Bergstrom will be the new assistant principal at Norwalk High School for the new school year of 2025-2026. He will start his journey as assistant principal July 1st, about two months before the new...

Senior Aidan Basinger (front) and freshman Alex Altes (back) play doubles against Indianola on April 29, 2025. Both Norwalk's varsity and JV teams won their meet against Indianola.

Boys’ JV Tennis Team Completes Undefeated Season

Eli Geisler, Staff Reporter June 3, 2025

The Norwalk boys' tennis regular season concluded on Thursday, May 1, after a rained-out match against Ottumwa, and the junior varsity team managed to accomplish a rare feat: they failed to lose a single...

The N9R1 men's bathroom, located by the NPECC, has been home to several incidents over the past weeks.

Behavior in NHS Bathrooms Frustrates Some Norwalk Students

Eli Geisler, Staff Reporter May 29, 2025

Norwalk students coming to school on April 15 were met with assistant principal Tom Scallon addressing students over the intercom, where he revealed that undisclosed incidents had been occurring in the...

The Norwalk Goodwill staff poses outside the newly opened store on May 16, 2025.

Goodwill Thrift Store Comes to Norwalk

Isaac Binder, Staff Reporter May 27, 2025

Goodwill of Central Iowa has opened a new location in Norwalk in the building where the Dollar Tree once was. Acccording to their website, shoppers will be able to purchase used clothing, electronics,...

The poster for the upcoming Cinderella musical. Both dates begin at 7 p.m. The first showing is Friday, April 25, with another performance the following day.

Norwalk Drama to Present “Cinderella” Musical

Eli Geisler, Staff Reporter April 23, 2025

The Norwalk drama and choir departments are putting on their annual spring musical on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26. The show for this year is Cinderella. Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein...

Norwalk's Local Scholarships Due Mar. 31

Norwalk’s Local Scholarships Due Mar. 31

Keegan Johnson, Editor March 24, 2025

Norwalk Seniors and early graduates have one week left in order to complete the local scholarship applications. Scholarships provide monetary relief to put towards secondary education for Norwalk seniors...

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