HARLAN — When a person dials 911 they are connected to a call center in Harlan. Susan Cooper and Roxanne Petersen are two of the voices that answer and calmly walk a person through on the other line.    Many times it is gathering information on an accident or fire, learning where to send police or fire response. At other times it is teaching callers CPR over the phone until medics can arrive.

Tuesday, the HCHS boys track and field team competed at home in the Ken Carstens Relays taking fourth place with 80.5 points.
“It’s always nice to have home meets,” said Cyclones Head Coach Sam Brummer. “It eliminates the travel, it’s a familiar setting and we obviously practice there daily, so it’s like a home field advantage, except you’re competing against 8-10 other teams, whereas in other sports it’s usually just one.”

The AHSTW Vikings boys varsity track and field team performed strong Thursday at the AHSTW Co-Ed event taking second place with 150 points, just five behind the winning Riverside Bulldogs.
Despite finishing second, Vikings head coach Jackson Renberg was still pleased with the results.

The HCHS girls soccer team was hoping to extend their win streak to four games, but ran into a buzzsaw Monday night on the road against the Kuemper Catholic Knights, losing 4-2.

After a week off, the HCHS boys varsity soccer team returned home to play the Kuemper Catholic Knights and beat them on their home turf, 2-0, winning their third game of the season.
It didn’t take long for the Cyclones to get on the board when Mason Anderson knocked in a goal 3 plus minutes into the game, giving the Cyclones an early 1-0 lead.

Monday at Harlan Golf & Country Club, the HCHS boys golf team had their first home meet of the season and were successful beating out the Lewis Central Titans by two strokes, 170-172.
Head coach Chad Swanson was pleased with what he saw overall, but highlighted a few individuals who have started off their seasons strong.

Thursday, the Exira-EHK Spartans boys track and field team finished in sixth place with 84 points, just four behind Griswold and Fremont Mills who tied for fourth place with 88.
Head coach Kevin Brown is optimistic once weather starts to improve, the tables will turn for the Spartans and they’ll perform much stronger.

AREA — When the weather gets warmer, it seems as if the orange cones on the roads come out in full force.Locally, the City of Harlan will be completing an over $1.4 million dollar project this summer.

 SHELBY COUNTY — Shelby County homeowners may have been surprised when they received their property tax assessment in the mail last week, showing home values in the county increasing 25% - 35% for the 2023 assessment. Shelby County Assessor Tony Buman said the statewide increase is a result of the housing market the last few years. “This is reflecting what people paid for real estate in Shelby County last year.