KEARNEY, NEB. -- Senior Kyle Juhl put the finishing touches on a solid four-year men’s basketball career at the University of Nebraska-Kearney this past winter, averaging 8.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game as the Lopers went 16-13 overall and 10-9 in the MIAA.

 INDIANOLA -- For the second straight year, Simpson College men’s basketball senior Kyle Wagner has been named second team All-American Rivers Conference after scoring 15 points a game during the 2019-20 season. Wagner, 6-foot-4 forward, is a 2016 IKM-Manning graduate and the Wolves’ all-time leading scorer. He qualified for the A-R-C All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year, which requires a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50.

 HASTINGS, NEB.

 SIOUX CITY -- RJ Harris was a sophomore team member and Caleb Rasmussen served as a student assistant coach for the 2019-20 Briar Cliff University men’s basketball team, which finished 16-14 overall and 7-13 in the GPAC. Harris, a 6-foot-2 forward, is a 2018 AHSTW graduate. He played most of his minutes for the Chargers’ JV team the last two years but did suit for the varsity this past season.

 FORT DODGE -- Cole Burmeister, a 2019 Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton graduate, was a 5-foot-10 freshman guard this past winter for the Iowa Central Community College men’s basketball team.

 AMES -- Michael Rueschenberg, a 2016 graduate of Harlan Community, graduated Summa Cum Laude from Iowa State University in December of 2019, majoring in elementary education with endorsements in reading and social studies.

    COUNTY – Four Shelby County businesses have been awarded grants from the Iowa Economic Development Authority as part of the state’s Iowa Small Business Relief Fund, as announced by Iowa Gov.

STATE -- Iowa’s peak COVID-19 date has been moved up two days to May 5, according to projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.    But late June remains the first time projections show the state should be able to relax social distancing measures with strict mitigation guidelines in place.    On Friday, April 24, Iowa Gov.

    HARLAN -- The Board of Trustees at Harlan Municipal Utilities approved the temporary $3/hr.