HCHS Senior Isabelle Gaul said she’s ‘super excited’ to have signed a Letter of Intent to go dance at Southwestern Community College following the conclusion of her high school days.
“After this first semester, I’m kind of ready to be done just because I’m excited to get to college, and continue my dancing career,” Gaul said.
Gaul talked about what led to her choosing Southwestern Community College, beyond dancing.

 MANNING — Blue Bird Corporation, the leader in electric and low-emission school buses, and IKM-Manning Community School District displayed the school district’s first electric school bus this week during an open house. The school district chose to add an electric bus to its 15-school bus fleet because it wanted a cleaner, emission-free bus.“We’ve heard a lot of great things about the Blue Bird Vision Electric school bus.

AREA — Alayna Hansen is the new Ag in the Clasroom Coordinator for the Loess Hills Area Farm Bureau. “I have a passion for agriculture, and I love to share my knowledge with the students and the teachers”, Hansen said. The main goal of Loess Hills Ag in the Classroom is to help teachers in Carroll, Crawford, Harrison, Shelby, and West Pottawattamie Counties integrate agriculture into science and social studies learning, Hansen said. Through cr

AREA — The holiday season can be a stressful time for many, but for the nearly 100,000 dementia caregivers in Iowa the holidays can be especially challenging.

The HCHS boys basketball team struggled offensively Tuesday night on the road against the Glenwood Rams, dropping the match 56-46 for its second loss of the season.

Senior Cyclone Erica Rust led the way with 24 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, two steals, and two blocks Tuesday night during a dominant 66-44 win at Glenwood as the Cyclones earned their sixth win to open its season.

In the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game, Sophomore Viking Collin Harder stole a pass and rushed down court, scoring a layup to extend his team’s lead by 11 points en route to a 77-68 Vikings win.

Viking Senior Delaney Goshorn scored 29 points in a 62-26 bounce back win over Missouri Valley Tuesday night at home.
“They don’t have a lot of size down low,” Goshorn said. “Being able to find the gaps there, and the 15-footers were falling for me tonight.”

In the first quarter of Monday’s game, the ACGC Chargers boys basketball team set the tone right away over the AHSTW Vikings opening the game with runs of 10-2 and 18-4 en route to a 65-46 victory, handing the Vikings its third loss of the season.