SHELBY COUNTY  — Shelby County voters will head to their polling locations Tuesday, November 7 to elect officials for cities and school districts. Also on the ballot will be Measure TD for the purpose of funding Emergency Medical Services in Shelby County.

SHELBY COUNTY  — The future of Emergency Medical Service in Shelby County will be determined by voters in the November 7 election.Earlier this year, the Shelby County Board of Supervisors held a series of public hearings to declare EMS an “essential service” in the county.

The AHSTW Vikings have hired longtime assistant basketball coach Jason McCall into the top position for the upcoming season.

The Exira-EHK boys basketball team has hired Tony Santisteban as its new coach for the upcoming season.
“The position came open in the spring after Coach [Doug] Newton decided to step away from being the head coach,” Santisteban said. “I always knew I wanted to be a head coach at some point in my life, and this opportunity came up, and I applied and interviewed for the position, and I was able to secure it.

Facing the #1-ranked 3A Creston Panthers at their place was already a tough task, but the HCHS Cyclones found themselves down 21-7 to start the second quarter. But a team that has overcome adversity and injuries roared back to life in the second quarter, tying the game at 21, and for a second it seemed like the Cyclones’ recent run to the state championship game might continue.

The AHSTW Vikings ran into a buzzsaw Friday night on the road in the Underwood Eagles losing 42-0 effectively ending their season in the 1A Second Round Game.

Cyclone Junior Lindsey Sonderman competed strong at Fort Dodge Saturday in the state meet taking a second place finish overall, just 3.5 seconds behind Sophomore Marissa Ferebee of Pella with a time of 18:38.6.
“It was awesome,” said Cyclone Head Coach Zach Klaassen. “She’s a special talent. That’s the highest 5k finisher Harlan has ever had. She’s just a tough, tough girl. She knows what she needs to do and she gets it done.”

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Spartan Freshman Michelle Wilson ran a time of 21:01.9 Friday afternoon at the state meet, taking a 68th place finish overall.

After a tough 25-22 loss in week five of the regular season in which the game was decided by a field goal, the Cyclones hope to get redemption on the Creston Panthers.