COUNTY -- Four officers were elected during the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Shelby County extension council organizational meeting Jan. 4. The nine-member county extension council annually elects officers to comply with Iowa law.    Renee Hansen, Harlan, is the newly-elected chairperson.

    HARLAN -- Community members are invited to join the Senior Life Solutions Program at Myrtue Medical Center for an open house and ribbon cutting on Wednesday, Feb 5 from 2-3 p.m. in the lower level of Myrtue Medical Center. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the program facility and ask questions while enjoying light refreshments.

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 MANNING (Jan. 16) -- Senior Lexi Branning scored a career-high 31 points in less than 17 minutes of action and junior Alexa Ahrenholtz tallied 21 points and 10 assists here Thursday night as the IKM-Manning girls raced past Riverside 96-29 to sweep the season series. The Wolves led 35-8 after one quarter and 59-19 at the half before outscoring the Bulldogs 25-5 in the third with a running clock.

 MANNING (Jan. 16) -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team won its fourth straight game since the holiday break on Thursday night, easily defeating Riverside 62-32. The Wolves improved to 6-5 overall and 6-3 inside the Western Iowa Conference, good for fourth place in the standings. A dozen IKM-M players scored vs. the Bulldogs, led by Kyler Rasmussen with 10 points and Connor Keller with eight. Both hit a pair of three-pointers.

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 GLIDDEN (Jan. 14) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton outscored Glidden-Ralston 16-6 in the fourth quarter to rally past the Wildcats 49-43 last Tuesday and improve to 6-4. Creighton Nelson led the Spartans with 18 points and 12 rebounds while Tyler Petersen had 12 points and five assists.

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