IRWIN (July 3) -- Peyton Gross pitched a four-hit shutout and IKM-Manning blew the game open with seven runs in the third inning Tuesday night to oust Manson-Northwest Webster 10-0 in a five-inning Class 2A regional softball quarterfinal. The 2nd-ranked Wolves (23-2) will now host Panorama (11-11) in a Region 3 semifinal game Friday night (7 p.m.) in Irwin. The winner will face either Ogden (22-7) or No.

 DALLAS CENTER (July 3) -- Less than 24 hours after its 19-game winning streak came to a close at Lewis Central, the Harlan Community baseball team bounced back in a big way Tuesday afternoon with a 13-1 victory at Dallas Center-Grimes. The top-ranked (Class 3A) Cyclones didn’t pull away until late, using a four-run fifth inning and a six-run seventh to turn a close game into a blowout.

 HARLAN (July 2) -- It wasn’t the ideal way to finish regular-season play, but Harlan Community softball coach Brooke Schaben feels okay about her team’s momentum going into Thursday’s 7:00 p.m. postseason opener at Glenwood. On Monday night, 10th-ranked (4A) Lewis Central blanked HCHS 6-0 at H. Jack Field to cap a regular-season sweep.

 RED OAK -- The Harlan Community softball team split a Hawkeye Ten doubleheader at Red Oak on June 28, winning game one 6-2 and losing the night cap 10-7. The games were moved from Harlan to Red Oak due to rain. HCHS junior Morgan Schaben (10-10) pitched all seven innings of the first game, allowing seven hits and one earned run while striking out 11.

Looking to attend today's 2018 Shelby County Fair, see the map for the best place to sit - and be sure and get out of that sun - whew it's gonna be a hot one.....but it's Fair Week...it always is!

    HARLAN -- Donald Dean Andersen, 85, Harlan, died July 4 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Saturday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m.

    COUNTY -- Twelve young women are in the running to be crowned Shelby County Fair Queen this week.    Coronation will take place Thursday evening, July 12 in the show ring at the fairgrounds at 8 p.m.

COUNTY -- The Shelby County Fair has added a cake decorating contest to the long list of food-related contests for 4-H students.    The contest was first introduced through a cake decorating workshop with Beth Klein, a baker at HyVee.    Mallory Mulligan is in 9th grade and has been a part of 4-H since 3rd grade.    “I am involved in lots of static exhibits; clothing, fashion show, Best of Iowa, pie baking, Share the Fun, and lots of rabbits,”

    HARLAN -- Goozman’s Westside Lounge was one of eight businesses in downtown Harlan to receive grant money for facade work.   Owners are Keith and Cindy Kaufman.