HARLAN -- Harlan City Council appointments to committees have been made for the 2019 calendar year.  See the Jan. 4 News-Advertiser for complete listings.

    HARLAN -- Auditor of State Mary Mosiman today released an audit report on the City of Harlan, Iowa.    The City’s receipts totaled $9,032,466 for the year ended June 30, 2018, a 13.5% increase over the prior year.  The receipts included $3,029,712 of property tax, $473,595 of tax increment financing, $2,251,414 of charges for service, $980,738 of operating grants, contributions and restricted interest, $307,909 of capital grants, contribut

REGIONAL – The number of registered sex offenders that call the greater Shelby County area their home has increased in the past three years, according to Iowa’s state sex offender registry.    Shelby County and areas surrounding the county have 34 registered sex offenders as of this month, as opposed to summer, 2016 when there were 26 registered sex offenders listed in the area.  Some offenders are new to the area while others remain on the li

 AMES -- Iowa State volleyball coach Christy Johnson-Lynch did not even hesitate when asked the question. Where does Jess Schaben stack up among the best players in program history? “I would say one of the all-time greats that we’ve had at Iowa State,” said Johnson-Lynch, who has guided the Cyclones to a 289-143 record and 12 trips to the NCAA Regional Tournament since taking over a struggling program 14 seasons ago. Prior to Johnson-Lynch’s a

Year, Team W-L, Sets, Matches, Kills, K/S, Err., Att., Kill%, Asst., Aces, Digs, Blk., Pts.2015, Fr., 19-11, 105, 30, 345, 3.29, 87, 973, .265, 5, 0, 89, 48, 372.02016, So., 18-11, 104, 27, 349, 3.36, 125, 987, .227, 14, 3, 242, 53, 383.02017, Jr., 22-7, 102, 29, 338, 3.31, 101, 1080, .219, 13, 8, 312, 72, 388.02018, Sr., 21-13, 123, 34, 516, 4.20, 155, 1445, .250, 27, 8, 362, 75, 567.5Career, 80-42, 434, 1200, 1548, 3.57, 468, 4485, .241, 59,

 HARLAN (Jan. 3) -- First place in the Hawkeye Ten Conference dual standings will be on the line Thursday night when Harlan Community hosts Atlantic/CAM and Denison-Schleswig in a double dual at 5:30 p.m.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- On Saturday, November 17, seven athletes from the Harlan Community Schools traveled to Council Bluffs to compete at the state level for Special Olympics in bowling. All seven competitors from the HCSD emerged as place-winners on the day. An eighth state qualifier, Zachary Bothwell, was scratched due to illness.

 ELK HORN (Dec. 21) -- Two years ago as a sophomore, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s Josh Pettepier stroked 10 three-pointers in a win over Paton-Churdan. On Friday night, Pettepier nearly matched his old school record by halftime, hitting nine first-half treys and finishing 11-of-14 from beyond the arc to lead the Spartans past Boyer Valley 72-46.

 UNDERWOOD (Dec.