HARLAN – Faith Sound, the interdenominational, contemporary music group based out of Harlan, is kicking off its concert season with performances in Harlan and the surrounding area during the next few months.    The first performance of the year was Sunday, Jan. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan.

SHELBY -- Carstens 1880 Farmstead, Inc. will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, January 9 at the Shelby Community Hall in Shelby at 7:30 p.m.    An election for positions on the board of directors will be held. 

 GRISWOLD (Dec. 19) -- AHSTW’s 23 steals matched Griswold’s total field goal attempts last Tuesday as the Viking boys basketball team extended its winning streak to five games with a 60-25 rout of the Tigers. Jake Martin led three AHSTW seniors in double figures with 17 points, shooting 8-for-8 from the field, R.J. Harris scored 13 points and Jack Paulson had 12.

 CHURDAN (Dec. 19) -- Close losses continue to haunt the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys basketball team as the season calendar flips from December to January. On Tuesday night, the Spartans led the entire game until the last 22 seconds in a frustrating 53-50 defeat at Paton-Churdan.

 CHURDAN (Dec. 19) -- Kealey Nelson pumped in a career-high 29 points while adding nine rebounds and seven steals last Tuesday night, leading the fifth-ranked Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls to an easy 82-40 win at Paton-Churdan. Nelson made 12-of-22 field goals and 5-of-6 free throws as the Spartans improved to 6-0 (all Rolling Valley Conference games) going into Saturday’s contest vs.

 GRISWOLD (Dec.

IKM-M Girls & Boys Results/ScheduleNovember 28    vs. Audubon - Girls won 58-19; Boys won 59-53December 1    at AHSTW - Girls won 61-41; Boys lost 58-48December 2    vs. Panorama - Girls lost 50-45; Boys won 54-51December 5    at Logan-Magnolia - Girls lost 58-48; Boys won 57-51December 8    vs. Missouri Valley - Girls won 58-35; Boys won 56-33December 12    at Riverside (Girl-Boy DH) - PostponedDecember 15    vs.

AHSTW Girls & Boys Results/ScheduleNovember 27    at CAM - Girls lost 46-27November 28    at Treynor - Girls lost 60-33; Boys lost 61-55December 1    vs. IKM-Manning - Girls lost 61-41; Boys won 58-48December 5    at Tri-Center - Girls won 58-41; Boys lost 61-43December 7    at Shenandoah - Boys won 74-27December 8    vs.

 HARLAN (Dec.