HARLAN -- The Harlan Community Schools is hosting international best selling author and speaker Jon Gordon Monday, Oct.

 GLENWOOD (Oct. 11) -- Harlan Community coach Doug Renkly already had space reserved on his art room wall for a photo of this year’s Cyclone girls cross country team. Now he gets to fill it. In a satisfying switch from this year’s season opener, the HCHS girls earned a Hawkeye Ten team championship by one point over Glenwood Thursday afternoon, winning the conference meet by a margin of 51-52 at Glenwood Lake Park.

 GLENWOOD (Oct. 11) -- A year ago at Clarinda, Harlan Community’s Trey Gross placed 26th as a freshman in the Hawkeye Ten Conference Cross Country Meet. Sometime after that day, a rededication to running was born and the results have been swift. On Thursday, Gross made history at Glenwood Lake Park, becoming just the second Cyclone boy to win an individual conference meet title.

 HARLAN (Oct.

(Earling) The Shelby County Emergency Management Office issued a press release Saturday evening regarding the loss of a firefighter at the scene of a combine and field fire in Shelby County on Saturday.

Sixteen teams in 3A have reached the playoffs by winning district championships or placing high enough in the association's RPI rankings to earn a wild-card berth. All district champion teams, including those who tied, are in bold below.

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 CRESTON (Oct 9) -- An eventful night in Creston ended with a varsity volleyball sweep for Harlan Community on Tuesday as the Cyclones wrapped up conference play with a 25-19, 25-20, 26-24 win over the Panthers. Play was delayed nearly 30 minutes during the freshmen game as a tornado warning in Union County forced both teams to take cover in the school’s safe room. A tornado reportedly touched down about one mile west of town.

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