AVOCA (June 4) -- Trailing 4-2 at one point, the AHSTW baseball team scored 13 runs in its last three at-bats to down Logan-Magnolia 15-5 in six innings Monday night for its fourth win of the season. Sam Porter (2-1) pitched all six innings for the win, allowing five hits and no earned runs.

 AVOCA (June 5) -- The AHSTW softball team dropped a pair of Western Iowa Conference games earlier this week, falling to ninth-ranked (2A) Logan-Magnolia Monday night, 11-1, and losing at Audubon 14-4 on Tuesday. The Lady Vikes had just three hits vs. Lo-Ma, including an RBI double by Sarah Butcher.

      IOWA FALLS – Former Harlanite Kate Cox was inducted into the Iowa Rugby Fall of Fame here May 5. Kate is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cox, Harlan. Cox, a 2000 Harlan Community High School graduate, began playing rugby as a freshman at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls where the UNI Panthers went on to win back-to-back national championships in 2001 and 2002 and were the runner-up in 2003.

 HARLAN -- Shane Chamberlain, a 2018 Harlan Community High School graduate, signed a letter of intent this spring to play collegiate basketball at Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska. As a senior in 2017-18, Chamberlain helped lead the Cyclones to a 15-8 overall record and a trip to the Class 3A substate finals.

 HARLAN -- Logan Klaassen, a 2018 Harlan Community High School graduate, signed a letter of intent this spring to play collegiate basketball at Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska. As a senior, Klaassen helped the 2017-18 Cyclones finish 15-8 overall and reach the Class 3A substate finals. The 6-foot-2 shooting guard was second on the team with a scoring average of 14.3 points per game while also averaging 3.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists.

 MANNING -- Kia Rasmussen, a 2018 IKM-Manning High School graduate, signed a letter of intent this spring to play collegiate basketball at Simpson College in Indianola.

    HARLAN – To Harlan’s Dan Kleinpaste, the American flag is a symbol of loyalty and patriotism, and a reminder of what America stands for and of his service in the United States Marine Corps.    Flag Day is Thursday, June 14, established as the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30, 1916.    It was not until August 2, 1949 that President Harry Truman signed an Act of Congress to

    COUNTY – Shelby County has adopted a policy change that calls for no new oiled or seal coat (bituminous) sections of road in the county after January 1, 2019.    Affected most by the policy change will be those homeowners on gravel roads who haven’t done so yet, and may want to oil a section of road in front of their home to cut down on dust.  They won’t be able to do so after January 1.    Homeowners who currently have oil in front of the

    HARLAN – Several downtown businesses in the historic downtown Harlan business district are finishing up facade projects funded in part by a state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).    Eight businesses participated in the downtown façade grant program during the last year including Tiarks School of Dance, Beauty N the Beast, Ouren Real Estate, Brick Wall Gallery, Goozman’s Westside Barn and Grill, Gussied Up, Leah Marie Photography a