MANNING (Jan. 22) -- AHSTW boys basketball coach G.G. Harris fully expected a tough ball game when his third-ranked (2A) Vikings ventured to IKM-Manning Friday night. What he got was all that and more. Not known for their outside shooting prowess, the Wolves drilled five early threes in taking a 17-4 lead.

 IOWA CITY (Jan. 22-23) -- AHSTW’s Bella Canada earned a fourth-place state medal at 195 pounds over the weekend at the 2021 IWCOA Girls State Wrestling Tournament in Iowa City. Canada went 4-2 during competition Friday and Saturday, earning 20 points for AHSTW and placing fourth out of 19 wrestlers in her bracket. Her only two losses came against Ankeny Centennial’s Grace Gray.

    COUNTY – The well-being of Shelby County children continues to be better than average, according to the National Kids Count Initiative sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.    Comparatively, Shelby County’s children fare better than their counterparts across the state and nation, report numbers indicate.

 ATCHISON, KAN. -- Following 16 highly-successful years as part of the powerhouse football program at Northwest Missouri State University, Harlan native Joel Osborn has found a new home. On Tuesday, Osborn was introduced as the new head football coach at Benedictine College, an NAIA Division I school located just off the Missouri River in Atchison, Kansas. Osborn was hired on Thursday, Jan.

    WASHINGTON, DC – Harlan native Kyle Gordon was part of history in the making Wednesday, Jan. 20, performing with the U.S. Army Band Pershing’s Own, the premier band of the U.S.

COUNTY – Shelby County, through its representative Iowa Communities Assurance Pool (ICAP), on Friday, Jan. 22 settled a lawsuit with a former employee for $860,000.    Kellie Paschke, West Des Moines, attorney for Jason Wickizer, confirmed this week that Shelby County, the Emergency Management Commission and their insurer have agreed to pay to settle the lawsuit for unpaid wages, wrongful termination, and other matters.

HARLAN -- Anna Greve and Sean Boeke both of Coon Rapids exchanged marriage vows on September 5, 2020 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan. The 3 p.m. double ring ceremony was performed by Pastor Phil Nielsen.    Parents of the couple are Dave and Diana Greve, Harlan; and Lee and Vicki Boeke, Coon Rapids.
 

    REDLINE -- Lyndsey Fries and Zachariah Sears both of Ankeny were married on October 3, 2020 at Redline Church of Christ. Pastor Jason Zaiger performed the double ring ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Kevin and Brenda Fries, Harlan; and Rick and Laura Sears, Winterset.
 

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Jan. 19) -- For the second straight year, Harlan Community sophomores Kaiden Milliken and Reilly McMurphy are competing for the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln boys swim team, also known as the CB Swim Team. The Lynx, who have just six swimmers on the roster, were defeated by a deep and talented Sioux City Spartans team 122-42 on Tuesday.