DES MOINES (March 16) -- AHSTW junior Raydden Grobe was named second team All-State in Class 2A on Tuesday morning as the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association released its All-State Boys Basketball selections for the 2020-2021 season. Members of the IPSWA, with assistance from more than two dozen coaches, chose three all-state teams per class during a virtual meeting on March 13, also naming Waukee senior Tucker DeVries this year’s Mr.

 DES MOINES -- Connie Kohles, representing Harlan Community, and Connie Bryan-Grubbs (Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton) both received the Iowa Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award prior to their school’s first round game at this year’s Girls State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. Each year, state-qualifying schools are asked to identify one spectator that epitomizes good sportsmanship and decorum.

    HARLAN -- Les Blum of Harlan will celebrate his 80th birthday on April 5. His family is planning a card shower in his honor.

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    HARLAN -- Six Harlan Community High School music students have been selected for the prestigious Class 3A All-State Jazz Band, and will perform with the band in a concert slated for Saturday, June 12 in Pella.    Congratulations to L to R -- Hannah Bissen, Jack Klitgaard, Griffin Schleimer, Eric Torneton, Keyton Francis and Emma Herzberg (alternate).    The students were selected through submitted audition materials this spring.

    COUNTY – Shelby County residential and commercial property owners should anticipate a significant increase in their property valuations this year when receiving their valuations from the county assessor’s office in April.    Shelby County Assessor Tony Buman said this week based on 2020 sales of residential property, the number of sales and prices were strong.  The end result is that assessments in the incorporated communities, in particul

    COUNTY – This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 22-26, as declared by the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service.

    HARLAN – An attorney for the Harlan Municipal Utilities explained last week that a petition asking for a public vote to discontinue and dispose of the HMU communication utility is based solely on a misunderstanding of general accounting practices regarding depreciation, and in the end could cost ratepayers due to legal steps required of HMU once the petition was presented.    Steven Nadel, Ahlers & Cooney,  Des Moines, said the asserti

    BELLEVUE, NE -- Word has been received of the death of Janis M. Blum, 83, Bellevue, NE, formerly of Defiance, who died March 19 in Bellevue.    A funeral Mass for Janis and Lawrence “Lazz,” who died December 29, 2020, will be held Tuesday, March 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter Catholic Church in Defiance with interment in the St.