COUNTY -- Heavy rains this week, slightly warmer temperatures and a rapid snow melt and thaw due to the rain created flooding conditions throughout Shelby County and the region on Wednesday, March 13.    Wednesday night the City of Harlan ordered a mandatory evacuation of Westridge Acres Mobile Home Park and the southern homes on Exchange St.  Two shelters were set up -- one at Vet’s Auditorium and the other at the Community Health buildin

    COUNTY -- Shelby County early Thursday morning, March 14 passed a resolution of necessity placing an embargo on all of the county’s gravel roads.    Load limits of 10 tons are placed immediately on all granular surfaced roadways within Shelby County.    It’s the first time since 2010 an embargo has been enacted, but then it was a limited embargo.  County officials are calling this week’s snow melt, rain and release of frost from the ground

 DES MOINES (March 12) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s career record holder in steals and assists added another title to his name this week as senior Cole Burmeister was named second team All-State by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. The IPSWA announced its 2019 boys basketball all-state teams on Tuesday following a selection meeting in Des Moines last Saturday. In addition, Bettendorf’s D.J.

 TABOR -- Three senior basketball players from the Harlan Newspapers’ coverage area have been selected to play in this year’s KMAland All-Star Basketball Classic, set for Sunday, March 17, at Fremont-Mills High School. IKM-Manning’s Gabby Cadwell will play for CAM coach Joe Wollum’s team while Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s Cole Burmeister and Harlan Community’s Brett Sears will both play for Glenwood coach Curt Schulte’s team. The All-Star Class

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community senior Preston Mulligan signed a national letter of intent on February 6 to play football at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City. Mulligan put together an outstanding senior season at quarterback last fall, earning second team All-State honors and first team All-District recognition after passing for 2,676 yards as the Cyclones finished 8-3 and reached the quarterfinals of the Class 3A playoffs.

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community senior Eli Boldan signed a national letter of intent on February 6 to play football at Dordt College in Sioux Center. Boldan (6’2”, 173) was part of a three-headed monster at tight end/receiver for the Cyclones last fall, leading the team with 828 receiving yards. His 36 receptions and nine touchdown catches both ranked second.

    HARLAN -- Harlan FFA members competed at Southwest Iowa District FFA Career Development Events on Saturday, March 2 at Glenwood High School.Iowa FFA Degree Candidates    Nine members have cleared the first hurdle in an effort to earn their Iowa FFA Degree.

    HARLAN -- Harlan FFA members competed at Southwest Iowa District FFA Career Development Events on Saturday, March 2 at Glenwood High School.Iowa FFA Degree Candidates    Nine members have cleared the first hurdle in an effort to earn their Iowa FFA Degree.

HARLAN -- Students from Harlan Community High School will be attending the Business Professionals of America (BPA) 2019 National Leadership Conference, in Anaheim, CA, May 1-5.    HCHS chapter members will join nearly 6,000 conference delegates from across the nation to compete in national level business skills competitions and attend leadership development, workshops, general sessions, and national officer candidate campaigns and elections.