COUNTY -- Bob and Glenda Mortensen were named Citizen/Volunteers of the Year at ceremonies held Friday, Feb.

    DEFIANCE -- Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst made a stop in Defiance Saturday, Feb. 9 to tour Smitty Bee Honey. Ernst was in western Iowa as part of her 99-county tour for 2019.  Earlier in the day she held a town hall meeting in Audubon where she met with constituents.  The stop at Smitty Bee Honey was not open to the public. 

 IDA GROVE (Feb. 2) -- Joey Arkfeld knew what had to be done...

 GUTHRIE CENTER (Feb.

 GLENWOOD (Feb.

 HARLAN (Jan. 31) -- The Harlan Community girls established an 11-2 lead early in the second quarter Thursday night and were able to hold off Nodaway Valley for a 47-36 non-conference win, improving to 4-12 overall. The scrappy Wolverines (10-8) closed the gap to 22-21 early in the second half but the Cyclones managed to pull away.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Jan.

 HARLAN -- Dr. Lonnie Pitts, Council Bluffs, and Richard Daberkow, Harlan, both received state awards recently from the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association for their service to the Harlan Community School District. Pitts and Daberkow were recognized on January 26 prior to the HCHS girls’ varsity basketball game against Glenwood.

 HARLAN -- Bob and Julie Klein, rural Harlan, are the 2018-2019 inductees into the Harlan Community Schools Athletic Booster Club Hall of Fame. The Kleins were recognized as this year’s hall of fame honorees at halftime of the HCHS girls’ January 26 home game against Glenwood. Bob and Julie have been very active booster club members over the years, serving on the booster club board of directors from 2005-2010.