AREA -- Harlan Community and AHSTW will both host their annual volleyball tournaments on Saturday (Aug. 28) starting at 8:00 a.m. The 11-team Cyclone Tournament includes three preseason state-ranked teams in Glenwood (Class 4A, No. 4), Indianola (4A, No. 10) and St. Albert (1A, No. 8). The AHSTW Tournament will feature eight total teams.

 SHENANDOAH -- For the second straight year, Harlan Community’s cross country season opener at Shenandoah was postponed due to high heat and humidity on Tuesday. The Shenandoah Early Bird Invite was rescheduled for Tuesday, August 31, at 5:00 p.m. and the Cyclones do plan to attend. The HCHS harriers will now open the season on Saturday morning (Aug. 28) at the Glenwood Invite at Glenwood Lake Park.

 HARLAN -- Austin Ahrenholtz, a 2018 graduate of IKM-Manning, scored a hole-in-one while golfing in the Harlan Community Schools Booster Club Tournament on Sunday, August 15. Ahrenholtz used a 9 iron to ace hole number five - a par-3 - at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. He was golfing with Robbie Wegner, Derek Leinen and Shawn Schaben. (Photo contributed)

 HARLAN -- Simply put, expectations are sky high for the 2021 Harlan Community football team. Last year’s Cyclones won their first 11 games - seven in come-from-behind fashion - before falling to North Scott, 30-6, in the Class 3A state championship game. It was Harlan’s first appearance in the title game since 2009 and marked the program’s ninth state runner-up finish to go along with 12 championship trophies. This year, an experienced and hu

 HARLAN -- The Cyclone softball team notched a third consecutive winning season this summer, finishing 26-12 overall and tying for second place in the Hawkeye Ten Conference at 16-4.

 HARLAN -- Playing a mix of veterans and first-year varsity players, the Cyclones opened the season by losing eight of their first 12 games and fought the rest of the way to get back to .500 in Heath Stein’s first year as head coach.

    HARLAN – Regional theatre enthusiasts are going to be thrilled at the proposed musical selection for next summer’s Harlan Community Theatre, but they’ll have to remain in suspense until an official announcement is made later this year.    A planning meeting of the group was held Wednesday, Aug.

    MANNING -- Ahead of a September 14 bond issue vote, the IKM-Manning Community School District is sharing updated Iowa state laws related to absentee voting that have gone into effect this year.    Registered voters may request an absentee ballot any time before Monday, August 30 at 4:30 p.m.    They can download an absentee ballot request form by visiting https://sos.iowa.g

    COUNTY – Shelby County will investigate further a proposal from a Storm Lake renewable energy company the possibility of implementing solar energy panels on some county buildings with a goal of saving future energy costs.    Rob Hach with Trusted Energy gave a short presentation to the Shelby County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, Aug.