HARLAN -- The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry is partnering with Iowa Workforce Development and Iowa Economic Development Authority to complete a Laborshed employment study for the Harlan area.      This study will geographically define which communities contribute to Harlan’s workforce, regardless of political boundaries.

    HARLAN – Ron and Maria Vakulskus Rosmann, Harlan, have been honored as Iowa Master Farmers by Wallace’s Farmer magazine and the Iowa Master Farmer Association.    The two will be honored at ceremonies September 13, re-scheduled from March 25 in Ankeny due to the COVID-19 pandemic.    The Rosmanns join four other families from across Iowa who are being honored.    Henry A.

 CARROLL (June 16) -- Call them fire and ice or simply a good one-two punch. The early results - two games, two shutouts - are all positive for the Harlan Community pitching duo of Emily Brouse and Tianna Kasperbauer. One night after relieving Kasperbauer and striking out eight of the nine batters she faced at St.

 CARROLL (June 16) -- Connor Bruck stepped up like a true senior leader Tuesday night at Merchants Park, pitching five scoreless innings and going 3-for-4 from the leadoff spot as Harlan Community topped Kuemper Catholic 5-2 in Hawkeye Ten Conference baseball action. The 10th-ranked Cyclones and the Knights are now both 1-1 on the young season. Bruck, who went 8-0 on the mound last year, used an efficient 51 pitches to blank Kuemper for five f

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (June 15) -- St. Albert answered Harlan Community’s two-run top of the sixth with a tie-breaking five spot in the bottom half Monday night, beating the Cyclones 8-3 in the season opener for both state-ranked teams. The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association released its preseason rankings Monday with St.

 IRWIN (June 16) -- IKM-Manning broke open a close game with seven runs in the fourth and five in the fifth Tuesday night to put away the Tri-Center softball team 18-8 in five. The Wolves are off to a 1-0 start in the Western Iowa Conference. IKM-M scored its 18 runs on just six hits vs. T-C, taking advantage of 14 walks, five hit batsmen and six Trojan errors.

 MANILLA (June 16) -- Nolan Ramsey’s two-run single put IKM-Manning up 2-1 after an inning Tuesday night, but Tri-Center outscored the Wolves 10-1 during the fourth, fifth and sixth to win Tuesday’s Western Iowa Conference baseball game 11-3 and improve to 2-0. IKM-Manning was playing its first game of the year and struggled defensively behind pitchers Max Nielsen (4 innings), Will Jorgensen (2.7) and Ben Lingle (0.3). Nielsen allowed seven hi

 AVOCA (June 16) -- The AHSTW baseball team followed up Monday’s season-opening 9-3 loss at Tri-Center with a 14-4 home win vs. Riverside Tuesday night for a 1-1 start in Western Iowa Conference play. The Vikings built a 9-0 lead after three innings against the Bulldogs and tacked on three runs in the sixth to end the game by the 10-run rule. Senior Clayton Akers led the offensive attack, going 4-for-5 with five RBI.

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