LAKE CITY (Oct. 28) -- The IKM-Manning volleyball team allowed 14 ace serves and committed 17 attack errors in just three sets last Monday night, bowing out of Class 2A regional play with a 13-25, 13-25, 16-25 quarterfinal loss at South Central Calhoun. The Wolves finished 11-24 overall while the Titans (28-14) advanced to face 7th-ranked Clarion-Goldfield-Dows in a Region 3 semifinal October 31.

    PORTSMOUTH -- Mike and Arlene Pauley of Portsmouth will observe their 65th wedding anniversary today, November 8. Their family is requesting a card shower in their honor. Cards will reach them if sent to P.O.

    ATLANTIC -- Marjorie Nelson will celebrate her 90th birthday on November 16. Her family is planning a card shower in her honor.    Cards will reach her if sent to 1904 Redwood Drive, Atlantic, Iowa 50022.

    KIRKMAN -- The family of Arlene Adams is planning a card shower in honor of her 95th birthday on November 12.

    HARLAN – Harlan Community High School students often have the opportunity to hear from guest speakers on a number of topics and this school year has been no exception.    Last week, author Garry Clark shared his message of how to overcome fear and work toward success in life during an assembly at HCHS.      Sophomore students are reading Clark’s book, Unlikely Viking, in class which chronicles Clark’s story of leaving Washington, D.C.

    COUNTY – The cities of Shelby and Irwin hosted the only contested races in the city/mayor portion of the Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election, as many seats awereunopposed in communities county-wide in Shelby County, while others will be determined by write-in vote.    In Shelby, unofficial vote totals for city council show Christopher J.

    HARLAN -- Interim Harlan Community Schools Superintendent Lynn Johnson has been offered a contract extension that will keep her with the HCS District through the 2020-21 school year.    In a statement Monday, Nov.

    HARLAN -- Nearly a year after Harlan Community voters defeated proposals to extend Instructional Support and Physical Plant and Equipment levies for the Harlan Community Schools, those same voters did an about face and threw their support behind both issues in Tuesday’s general election.    In a significant turnaround, each measure received an approximate 20 percent bump in support from a year ago.  Voters gave the ISL a 62.5 percent appro

    HARLAN -- Incumbent Harlan Community Schools Board of Education member Joni Larsen handily defeated a challenge from Allyson Bendorf for the District 5 board seat in Tuesday’s election.    Larsen earned 62.15 percent of the vote tallying 716 votes to Bendorf’s 435 votes, or 37.76 percent.    The election featured an incumbent in Larsen who  has served this past year on the board through one of the most difficult times in decades that inclu