HARLAN -- Oh, what a difference a year makes. With four football games in the books last season, Harlan Community stood at 1-3 overall (0-2 in District 7) and had already allowed 183 points, including 70 in one night at Creston. Fast forward to 2017 and the Cyclones are 3-1 overall (2-0 in District 7) and have allowed just 59 total points going into Friday night’s Week 5 Homecoming game vs.

 RED OAK (Sept. 16) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team lost two out of three games and did not make it past pool play last Saturday at the Red Oak Tournament. The Cyclone defeats came against a pair of state-rated Class 2-A opponents. Fifth-ranked Sidney beat HCHS 21-16, 21-16 and No. 15 Tri-Center edged the Cyclones 21-19, 18-21, 15-10.

 HARLAN -- Fourteen schools are scheduled to compete at the Harlan Golf and Country Club Saturday morning (Sept. 23) as part of this year’s Harlan Community Cyclone Boys and Girls Cross Country Invitational. The meet will get underway at 9:30 a.m. with the boys and girls middle school races.

MOORHEAD -- Rhonda Jo Richards, 52, Moorhead, formerly of Defiance, died Thursday, Sept. 21 at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City.    Visitation was held Monday, Sept. 25 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

IRWIN -- James J. Murray, 85, Irwin, died Wednesday, Sept. 20 in Irwin.    Graveside services and burial will be held Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 2 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.  Friends were asked to call Monday, Sept. 25 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

Harlan Community High School crowns homecoming king and queen.

HARLAN – Public funding for K-12 education can be quite challenging each year as school districts across Iowa await word of whether or not the state dollars they receive will increase, stay the same or be cut.    That’s the challenge when most of a school district’s budget is tied to those state dollars, and why it’s so important for districts to manage the best they can what dollars they have and how they are spent.    The Harlan Community Sc

PANAMA – On Monday, Sept. 25 at approximately 2:38 a.m., a house fire was located by a Shelby County deputy at 201 S 2nd St.

HARLAN – The City of Harlan is reminding its residents not to deposit grass clippings or other debris into the roadway.    The grass is growing again and with the recent rains it will continue.