OAKLAND (May 25) -- AHSTW rallied twice in the first half to tie up Greene County during Saturday’s Class 1A, Substate 8 boys soccer final. A third comeback was not in the cards, however, as the fourth-ranked Vikings lost to the ninth-ranked Rams 5-2 at Riverside High School. Greene County’s Junior Gutierrez, the state’s leading scorer with 55 goals, put three in the back of the net on the day, including a go-ahead penalty kick with 31:17 to

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (May 25) -- When it comes to Class 2A boys soccer in southwest Iowa, perhaps the only team playing better than Harlan Community of late was the one the Cyclones met in Saturday’s Substate 8 final. Scoring twice in a 54-second span of the first half and adding two more goals late, Lewis Central took control early and never let HCHS have any momentum, avenging a season-opening 4-0 loss in Harlan with a 4-0 victory at Titan Stadiu

    HARLAN -- John Michael Klein, 104, Harlan, died June 2 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Saturday, June 8 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake services will be held Friday, June 7 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation is Friday from 5-8 p.m.

HARLAN -- Log Cabin Day was held Sunday, June 2. 

    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center Board of Trustees has given approval for the capital and operating budgets for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Kristy Hansen, chief financial officer at MMC, presented highlights of the budgets at the May 28 board meeting.Budget review    MMC is budgeting net operating revenue to grow 4.5 percent from an anticipated $42.5 million in 2019 to $44.4 million in 2020.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools Board of Education has approved a budget amendment for the 2018-19 year due to expenditure changes in instruction, total support services and non-instructional programs, as well as debt service.    The board voted 5-0 approving the amendment (Amy Rueschenberg, Jessica Anderson, Monte Schechinger, Joni Larsen and Al Hazelton aye; Tara Devlin-Lawler was absent).    HCS Director of Finance Brian Gubbels s

ELK HORN – A former Elk Horn resident has released his latest book, Ancestral Quest, an evoking book that delves into the astuteness of understanding one’s heritage and discovering its wisdom.    Jim Redman is a 1978 graduate of Elk Horn-Kimballton High School, and a 1982 graduate of Iowa State University.  He spent his accounting career in Oklahoma, and now resides in Estes Park, CO.  Upon retirement he completed his book that has now been pu

    COUNTY – An internal investigation by the Shelby County Board of Supervisors and Shelby County Auditor’s Office has determined that a former employee named in a state auditor’s special investigative report regarding excessive paid leave did not engage in any misconduct.    Results of the internal investigation involving Karen Goans in specific have been forwarded to the state auditor’s office.    A statement by the county supervisors read

    HARLAN – Patrons in the Harlan Community School District likely will see in front of them in September a proposal to extend the district’s Instructional Support Levy (ISL) and Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL), both deemed critical to the long-term financial success of the school system.    Following the narrow defeat of both measures last December when joined on the ballot with a $28.5 million bond issue that was soundly voted down