HARLAN ­— On July 29, Gregersen Motorsports will partner with Hope For The Day and Shelby County Speedway in Harlan to bring a suicide awareness night to the weekly races.Hope For The Day is a non-profit movement based out of Chicago, sparking the conversation on proactive suicide prevention and mental health awareness and education.

Incoming AHSTW Senior and multi-sport athlete Saydi Paulsen is excited for her senior season when she’ll be playing volleyball, basketball and soccer.
“I’m really looking forward to it,” Paulsen said. “We have a lot of girls working really hard this summer, and it’s great to see everyone willing to step out of their comfort zone, so I’m really excited to leave everything I have on the court and give it all for my team.”

After a successful 2023 campaign when the Exira-EHK Spartans won 22 games, including a 4-2 first round tournament win against the Audubon Wheelers and a 3-2 second round tournament victory over the Woodbine Tigers, six Spartans were presented all conference awards.

 SIOUX CENTER—Lucy Borkowski had never heard of the mutation in the phospholamban gene, or PLN gene, which can cause serious heart problems and even death.    It is prevalent in areas where there are large numbers of people with Dutch heritage.    Last summer, Borkowski was hired by Dordt University’s Kielstra Center for Research and Grants in Sioux Center as a summer research assistant, and she was assigned to the PLN Dutch Gene Mutation Proj

HARLAN — The Harlan City Council met Tuesday and heard a presentation regarding EMS as an essential service and an important vote for Shelby County citizens which will be coming up in the November electionTim Plumb and Alex Londo from the EMS Advisory Council gave a presentation outlining how a new county-run ambulance service may operate due to the upcoming closure of Medivac, which is a privately run service.  During their presentation, they

 by Renée Brich, Managing Editor SHELBY COUNTY­ — Shelby County landowners and residents  packed the Shelby County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday, July 18 to hear the Supervisors’ comments about the federal court’s temporary injunction regarding Shelby County’s ordinance restricting carbon dioxide pipelines. “Last Monday, July 11,  a Federal District Court Judge granted Summit Carbon Solutions’ request for a temporary, preliminary injunc

After a state tournament berth, it’s no surprise the Cyclone had eight players recognized. Cade Sears and Stephen Leinen made 1st Team, Hayden Soma, Quinn Koesters, Jozef Reisz and Matthew Sorfonden made 2nd Team in all district and Braydon Ernst and Brock Lemrick took home honorable mention in all conference.

IKM-Manning student and multi-sport athlete Karlee Arp just finished her freshman season, when she played volleyball, basketball, track & field and softball.

In the bottom of the 2nd inning in the Class 3A Quarterfinal game, Senior Bobcat Connor Maiers scored on a wild pitch from third base putting his team up 1-0, which would be all the Bobcats needed en route to an eventual 10-0 victory over the Cyclones.