HARLAN -- Six errors and four unearned runs cost the Harlan Community softball team a victory Thursday night (June 15) as Glenwood beat the Cyclones 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader. Game two was suspended by rain and lightning in the fourth inning with the Rams leading 3-2 and will be completed on Friday, June 23, at 1:00 p.m. HCHS let an opportunity slip away in game one as all four Ram runs were unearned against Cyclone sophomore Mo

 FORT DODGE -- Harlan Community finished in 16th place with an 0-4 record at the Fort Dodge Softball Tournament this past weekend, facing a pair of top-five ranked teams at the Harlan Rogers Sports Complex. On Friday (June 16), HCHS was defeated by Fort Dodge 9-2 in the first round and lost 7-2 vs. top-ranked (Class 2-A) North Union in the consolation bracket.

 ELK HORN -- Always be aggressive and make the other team make plays. That’s been the mantra for Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball so far this season and it paid dividends once again Friday night (June 16) as the 10th-ranked (1-A) Spartans topped Ar-We-Va, 2-1, in a mid-season battle of unbeaten teams. With the game tied 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth, Spartan senior Tyson Partridge led off second base with nobody out and Drew Buckholdt stand

 AVOCA -- Withstanding a nine-run third inning by Riverside, the AHSTW baseball team went ahead with two runs in the bottom of the fifth and held off the Bulldogs 11-10 Thursday night (June 15), improving to 10-5 overall and 8-5 in the Western Iowa Conference. The Vikings held an early 8-0 lead when Riverside erupted for nine runs against a combination of Blaine Lees and Joey Cunningham in the top of the third. AHSTW was able to tie the game i

 IRWIN -- IKM-Manning stayed right in the hunt for a Western Iowa Conference regular season softball title Thursday night (June 15), defeating 14th-ranked (2-A) Treynor 7-2 to avenge its only WIC loss of the year. Wolves’ junior Peyton Gross pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts and also scored three runs as IKM-M improved to 15-4 overall and 12-1 in league play, tied for first place with Logan-Magnolia (13-1) in the loss column. Treynor,

The rites of summer with your children begins with t-ball at J.J. Jensen Park in Harlan.

HARLAN - The Harlan City Council voted to table a pending ordinance which was in its second reading that would allow minors to accompany adults into businesses having an alcohol license until 10 p.m.

HARLAN -- The Harlan Municipal Utilities spent part of their June 8 board meeting discussing possible rate changes for water and electricity, though no formal action was taken.  No action is expected on gas rates.    Discussed were changes that could go into effect August 1, including a modification to the rate table for electricity use that was proposed following a recent rate table study.    The various usage levels were combined into fewer

COUNTY -- A 19-year-old Akron man has been charged with felony sexual exploitation of a minor - cause to engage in act, following an investigation by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.    Trevor Allen Richter, 400 River Road, also has been charged in Shelby County District Court with purchase/possess depiction of a minor in sex act first offense.    A complaint filed in district court alleges that Richter knowingly permitted a minor victim to