HARLAN -- Harlan Community High School’s  Reagan Hansen and Andrew Shelton have been nominated by their judges at State Iowa High School Speech Association (IHSSA) contest as Outstanding Performers in Group Improvisation, and they will perform at the all-state speech festival later this month.    Speech Director Lisa Hagemeier said Hansen and Shelton’s accomplishment highlighted a state competition that saw HCHS competitors perform extreme

    WALNUT -- The Antique City is planning to preserve part of the past by converting the former school building located at 415 Antique City Drive into a new community center.    “We’re excited to put life back into this building and make it a place the community can once again utilize and appreciate,” said Mayor Gene Larsen.

    COUNTY -- Iowa Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) and Iowa Rep. Steve Holt (R-Denison) will be in Harlan Saturday, Feb.

    COUNTY – The Shelby County Supervisors are expected to review a number of budget options at its next meeting Tuesday, Feb. 21, in preparation for finalizing the 2017-18 budget at the first meeting in March.    Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell said he’s working on the budget possibilities and will hopefully have options available for review at the Feb.

 HARLAN -- All this time, perhaps the Harlan Community girls basketball team simply needed to play a game every day. Whatever the cause, the Cyclones appear to be heating up at just the right time. Winning its fifth straight game on Tuesday - all in a span of eight nights - HCHS outlasted a banged up Council Bluffs St.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- It only took a quarter Tuesday night for the momentum of the Harlan Community and St. Albert boys basketball teams to rotate 180 degrees. HCHS was trying to bounce back from a rough week following losses by 23 and 14 points, respectively, at Atlantic and Glenwood. St.

 LOGAN -- AHSTW’s third consecutive trip to the Class 1-A regional wrestling duals ended with mixed results on Tuesday night. The Vikings were able to outscore Panorama for a slim 39-38 victory in the semifinal round before bowing out to fifth-ranked Logan-Magnolia in the finals, 63-12. The Panthers advanced to next Wednesday’s State Dual Tournament in Des Moines along with area rival Missouri Valley, which qualified from a separate regional t

 ATLANTIC -- With an eye on Saturday’s Class 2-A District Tournament, Harlan Community’s dual season came to a close Tuesday night with a 61-13 loss to 3rd-ranked Atlantic in the semifinals of a 2-A Regional Dual meet. The Cyclones qualified for regional duals by placing second in last week’s Sectional Tournament at Adel, which also saw them advance six qualifiers to this week’s District meet in Harlan. The Trojans, who punched their ticket to

 AREA -- The IKM-Manning and AHSTW girls basketball teams will open regional play Saturday night with first round home games in Class 2-A, Region 3. IKM-M, listed 15th in last week’s 2-A state rankings, will host Tri-Center (9-12) at 7:00 p.m. in Manning. The Wolves took a 16-4 record into their regular season finale Thursday vs. Griswold. Saturday’s winner will play at Logan-Magnolia (18-3, previously ranked 11th) on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.