IRWIN -- Stuart O’Hara, 49, Irwin, died September 10 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Wednesday, Sept.

    HARLAN -- Fall evenings at Merrill Field bring the excitement of small town athletics, music and spirit.

    MANNING -- Homecoming Week 2016 has begun at IKM-Manning with a week of spirit days and preparations will culminate with the pep rally, parade, and big game on Friday, September 16.

SHELBY -- Austin Owen of Harlan Community Intermediate School plays an old-fashioned yard game called roll the wheel at Carstens Farm Days Friday, Sept. 9.  Approximate 350 kids from AHSTW, HCS, Underwood, Tri-Center, Shelby County Catholic School, Mindful Learning School and Home School Students attended the event.

    COUNTY -- Shelby County will pay $25 each for beaver tails from November 5-April 15 as part of an ongoing effort to minimize the damage the critters cause to roadways and structures throughout the county.    The county’s board of supervisors re-authorized the bounty this month, with a total dollar limit outlay of $5,000. Payments will be made on a first come, first served basis.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Greichaly Kaster, Reagan Hansen and Drew Voge each secured individual medals Saturday morning as the Harlan Community girls placed seventh out of 10 teams and the boys finished eighth out of 11 at the Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Cross Country Invitational. Due to new construction on the campus of Iowa Western Community College, the cross country course was modified from previous years and much flatter overall, resulting i

 LAKE CITY -- South Central Calhoun scored three long touchdowns in the opening four minutes, 16 seconds and never looked back Friday night, rolling past IKM-Manning 50-8 in the second and final non-district game for both squads. The Wolves dropped to 1-1 going into Friday’s Class 1-A, District 7 opener at OA-BCIG (Ida Grove), while South Central Calhoun bounced back nicely from a 56-20, Week 1 loss to Carroll.

 AVOCA -- Joel Becerra’s 93-yard touchdown catch from R.J.

IKM-MANNING (9-12) VOLLEYBALL TEAM Front row, L-R: Riley Barry, Mya Nelson, Miranda Benton, Mya Doyel, Kamryn Lesle. Second row, L-R: Chelsea Fishback, Hanna Mullen, Lily Doyel, Mya Irlmeier, Montana Rhodes, Miranda Lingle, Joanna Freese, Lexi Branning. Third row, L-R: Amanda Ranniger, Bailey Schechinger, Sydney Wegner, Caitlin Muhlbauer, Gabrielle Cadwell, Rylie Muhlbauer, Kia Rasmussen, Peyton Gross, Sadie Thompson, Abby Lingle, Emily Kerkho