COUNTY – The Shelby County Board of Supervisors will be inviting local legislators to a meeting during the next few months to discuss the master matrix and confinement operations.    The invitation comes on the heels of a public hearing recently where neighbors of a proposed chicken confinement facility north of Earling were vocally upset about the project, citing everything from water issues and smell to close location to Manteno Park, ju

    PANAMA – A popular fall attraction is up and running once again in the Shelby County area, promising to bring Halloween and autumn excitement to all who venture out to Grandpa’s Pumpkin Farm west of Panama.    Justin and Doug Schwery said the pumpkin patch, now in its second season, has many new additions this year, including a corn maze sponsored by United Bank of Iowa.    “We are excited about our new additions this year,” said Justin Sc

    DES MOINES -- Susan Christensen was administered the oath of office as Iowa’s newest Supreme Court justice by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Friday, Sept. 21 in the Iowa Supreme Court chambers.    Christensen, from Harlan, is the third woman to serve on the seven-member court, and the first new justice to join the court since 2011.   

 HARLAN (Sept. 25) -- Five times on Tuesday night, the Harlan Community volleyball team had a set point to win either the first or third game vs.

 HARLAN (Sept.

 NEOLA (Sept. 25) -- Tri-Center served 15 aces and stayed unbeaten in Western Iowa Conference play Tuesday night with a 25-15, 25-11, 25-9 sweep of the IKM-Manning volleyball team. The seventh-ranked (2A) Trojans improved to 19-6 overall and 6-0 in the WIC.

 ANITA (Sept.

 AVOCA (Sept. 21) -- Blake Osbahr threw four touchdown passes and Gabe Pauley ran for three scores last Friday night to lead the second-ranked AHSTW football team past Riverside 48-3 in the Class A, District 9 opener for both squads. The Vikings (5-0) scored all of their points in the first half on Homecoming night before playing their reserves with a running clock the rest of the way.

 FORT DODGE (Sept. 21) -- Kyler and Amos Rasmussen both ran for a pair of touchdowns and IKM-Manning’s defense took a shutout into the final two minutes last Friday as the Wolves opened district play with a 41-8 win at Fort Dodge St.