COUNTY – The Shelby County Compensation Board will meet Wednesday, Dec. 14 to discuss salary compensation for the county’s elected officials.    Members of the compensation board are selected by the elected officials they represent and include: Ron Rosmann (supervisors), Ron Goodside (supervisors), Tim Meyer (treasurer), Randy Conrad (recorder), Rod Baxter (sheriff), and Frank Powers (attorney).

    REGIONAL -- The first legislative coffee of the year was held Saturday, Dec. 10 at Shelby County Farm Bureau Financial Services offices with 18 in attendance to hear a pre-legislative session discussion with Iowa Rep. Steve Holt (R-Denison) and Iowa Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig).      The nearly two hour discussion included presentations by Holt and Schultz as well as questions from those in attendance.

    HARLAN -- Kelly Doonan has joined the staff of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI) as the new Membership and Events Coordinator.      A long-time resident of Shelby County, Kelly will provide SCCCI members with additional support to promote and engage their businesses, help in the recruitment of new business members to the organization, and plan the many SCCCI events and fundraisers throughout the year. 

 BLAIR, NEB. -- Given a second chance in overtime, Caleb Rasmussen and the Harlan Community Cyclone basketball team responded. Rasmussen, who missed two potential game-winning free throws with :01.7 left in regulation, scored the first points of O.T.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community wrestlers made some noise against Glenwood in Tuesday’s first double dual of the season, but ultimately fell 18 points short, 46-28, as part of a Hawkeye Ten split vs. the Rams and St. Albert. Glenwood, ranked sixth in Class 3-A by The Predicament, started the night with a 78-6 win over St. Albert, then overcame an early 28-0 deficit against the Cyclones by scoring the last 46 points.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community bowling teams opened the season with a split decision against Shenandoah Monday at Cyclone Lanes, the boys winning by 138 pins and the girls falling just eight pins short. The HCHS boys built a 151-pin lead after the individual round and came out about even in the Baker Games to win 2,443 to 2,305. Four Cyclones finished with a two-game series of at least 325, led by Lucas Schmitz’s 365 and Mitchell Leinen’s 349

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW girls basketball team dropped to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in Western Iowa Conference play Tuesday night following a 71-28 loss to third-ranked Treynor.

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 AVOCA -- The AHSTW wrestling team opened the season by winning two out of three duals in a home quad vs. Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, Woodbine and Logan-Magnolia. Lo-Ma won the meet with lopsided decisions over Woodbine (66-18), Exira-EHK (77-6) and AHSTW (65-18). The Vikings defeated Exira-EHK 69-12 and topped Woodbine 66-18.