STATE (March 12) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its district football assignments on Friday for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Harlan Community will be one of six teams in District 6 of Class 3A, which is now the third-largest class in the state. AHSTW (District 7) and IKM-Manning (District 8) will both remain in Class A while Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton will compete in 8-Player, District 10. The biggest change made for the n

Class 1AQuarterfinal Scores: Monday, March 8North Linn 77, South Winneshiek 52             Montezuma 64, Lake Mills 61 (ot)Martensdale-SM 51, Easton Valley 45 (ot)    Grand View Christian 54, Remsen St.

Much more in the NA this week. See the paper on the street tomorrow afternoon.

    OMAHA, NE – Joe Wilson was floating.    Up in the corner of the room.  On his back, looking up.    Not much above him to see but air.  It’s white and bright.  Reaching out his hands he grasps at nothing.  Looking around he sees he’s wearing a hospital gown.    “It’s all hazy.  I’m looking up and I’m floating, way, way up high.  It’s just white…that’s it….nothing else,” Wilson said.  Where am I, he asks?    At one point he turns over.    “I

    HARLAN – Nearly 600 individuals have signed a petition on the Change.org website started by Harlan resident Hannah Beeman, requesting a company such as MidAmerican Energy be allowed to provide services in town as utility competition for the Harlan Municipal Utilities.    The petition is in response to a history of what have been deemed higher than average utility bills, exacerbated recently by bills double and triple the norm due to last m

 DES MOINES (March 9) -- Led by first-teamer Macy Emgarten of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, four area student-athletes were recognized this week on the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association’s 2021 Girls Basketball All-State teams. Emgarten, a 5-foot-11 junior, was named to the Class 1A First Team while teammate Quinn Grubbs, a 5’5” sophomore, was named to the Class 1A Second Team.

 HARLAN (March 5) -- The Harlan Community School District’s second annual Special Olympics Iowa Unified Champion Schools Inclusion Game was a huge success last Friday night at the HCHS gymnasium. The event featured two basketball games.

    HARLAN – Dr. Jennifer Barnett, newly-hired Harlan Community Superintendent of Schools, will be paid a base salary of $150,000 in the first-year of a two-year contract, as approved by the HCS Board of Education Monday, March 8.    Full compensation, including salary, insurance, FICA and IPERS, will total $202,790.31 in year one.    Barnett also has been offered a $5,000 stipend for moving expenses.

    HARLAN -- Harlan FFA members competed in various Leadership Career Development Events at the Southwest Iowa District FFA Leadership Conference held at Southwest Valley Schools in Corning on March 6.    Members also participated in Sub-district FFA Contests at Riverside Community Schools in Oakland on February 3, most qualifying for the district event.    On January 28, a district review night of Iowa FFA Degrees and officer interviews were