REGIONAL -- Protect yourself, your family and community this season with an annual flu vaccine for everyone in your family who is six months and older.    Shelby County Public Health officials say it’s that time of year again where local residents should consider getting a flu shot.  A number of flu vaccine clinics have been held and will continue to be held through the rest of October into November (see schedule).    While the timing of f

    HARLAN – The City of Harlan has signed off on a project spearheaded by volunteers to implement a sound system in downtown Harlan.    The Friends of the Downtown group has worked tirelessly during the past year to fundraise and obtain grants for the project, which will see the installation of a sound system – speakers on the corners of the Harlan downtown square.  Music will be played through the speakers, which also can be utilized as a PA

 HARLAN -- It was arguably one of the top-quality wins of the year for the Harlan Community volleyball team. Starting strong and finishing in the same manner, the Cyclones needed just four sets to take down a Clarinda team above them in the Hawkeye Ten standings Thursday night, winning 25-16, 25-23, 20-25, 25-16. HCHS served just under 96 percent with seven aces (to just four errors) and compiled a kill efficiency of .265 against an opponent w

 HARLAN -- In the span of a week, Harlan Community has gone from fighting for its playoff life to trying to avoid the basement of Class 3-A, District 7. A frustrating football season reached a new low point Friday night as HCHS was soundly defeated by Winterset, 47-21, at Merrill Field.

 TABOR -- Fremont-Mills proved every bit as good as advertised here Friday night, scoring six first-half touchdowns and taking advantage of crucial Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton mistakes to beat the Spartans 50-21 in a battle for the District 7 lead. The top-ranked (8-Player) Knights improved to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in district play while Exira-EHK slipped to 4-3 and 4-1, respectively - tied with CAM for second place going into another important ga

 AREA -- AHSTW and IKM-Manning both pulled off wins in Class 1-A, District 7 football action Friday night. The Vikings got past OA-BCIG 17-12 to improve to 7-0 on the year. The Wolves won 47-6 at ACGC (Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center) for their third win of the year.

 MANNING -- The IKM-Manning volleyball team wrapped up a third-place finish in the Western Iowa Conference Thursday night by sweeping Logan-Magnolia, 25-14, 25-23, 25-22. The Wolves improved to 16-7 overall and finished with a WIC mark of 7-2, making them the third seed for this week’s conference volleyball tournament. Tri-Center won the regular-season title with a 9-0 mark while Treynor went 8-1.

 GLENWOOD -- Harlan Community finished with a 1-1 split at Tuesday night’s Hawkeye Ten volleyball triangular in Glenwood, defeating the host Rams in four sets before being swept by 7th-rated (2-A) St. Albert. HCHS nearly extended the St. Albert match but came up on the short end of a 30-28 decision in the third set. The Saintes, who also beat Glenwood in three, improved to 21-3 overall and 5-2 in the conference.

 HARLAN -- Say what you will about the first six games of the Harlan Community football season - just never call it boring. The Cyclones have scored 235 points (39.2 average) and allowed 252 at the two-thirds mark of the regular season, going 2-4 overall and 1-3 inside one of the toughest Class 3-A districts in the state. They’ve surrendered 154 points in losses against top-10 foes Creston/O-M, Glenwood and Carroll, but have been right there i