COUNTY -- The finalists for the 2017 Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry Awards have been announced, as follows:•  Business of the Year:  Milk & Honey, 4 Seasons Travel, Beauty N the Beast.•  New Business of the Year:  Living Well Home Care and American Wealth Group.•  Non-Profit Business of the Year:  Salem Lutheran Homes and Rehabilitation Center, and West Central Community Action.•  Citizen/Volunteer of the Year:  Roger S

    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center and Harlan Community School are collaborating together to provide a free community educational “notMYkid…or is it? What We Don’t Know” seminar, slated for Thursday, March 2 from 6-8 p.m. at the Harlan Community High School auditorium.

 DES MOINES -- The last time Harlan Community had a top-four medalist at the State Wrestling Tournament, current senior Jacob Wingert was in second grade. Wingert personally ended the drought Saturday with a fourth-place finish at 170 pounds in Class 2-A.

 DES MOINES -- A severe hamstring injury ended Gabe Pauley’s freshman season just shy of sectionals last winter, bringing an abrupt close to an otherwise successful 43-5 campaign. One year later, Pauley has certainly made up for lost time. AHSTW’s sophomore 160-pounder capped a sensational 49-2 season this past weekend by winning five out of six matches and placing third in the Class 1-A State Wrestling Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena. Pauley,

 ELK HORN -- Sophia Peppers dominated in the paint to the tune of 37 points and 13 rebounds Friday night, leading the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton girls past Boyer Valley 72-39 in a Class 1-A regional semifinal played at Elk Horn. Leading by just two points (24-22) at the midway mark of the second quarter, the third-ranked Spartans finished the first half on a 12-0 run, outscored the Bulldogs 29-11 in the third quarter and went ahead by 35 points

 AREA -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, AHSTW and IKM-Manning all prevailed in boys basketball district action Thursday and will continue on the postseason trail Tuesday. The Spartans won 70-49 over Charter Oak-Ute in a Class 1-A district quarterfinal and will host Coon Rapids-Bayard on Tuesday night.

 HUXLEY -- The Harlan Community girls basketball team saw its season come to end here Saturday night, falling behind 26-4 in the second quarter and losing at 12th-ranked Ballard, 53-34, in a Class 4-A regional semifinal.

 DES MOINES -- Just like several other area athletes at the 2017 State Wrestling Tournament, it didn’t take long for Cole Bruns to run into a state title contender in his 170-pound, Class 1-A bracket. Making his first-ever state meet appearance, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton senior drew 2nd-ranked Taylan Entriken in Thursday’s first round and was pinned in 1:03.

 ADEL -- At halftime of Wednesday night’s Class 4-A regional quarterfinal, the outlook wasn’t exactly glowing for the Harlan Community girls basketball team. Struggling offensively without injured point guard Lexi Larsen, the Cyclones were turning the ball over too often, shooting 2-of-10 at the free throw line and trailing Adel-DeSoto-Minburn 24-17 on the scoreboard. But all of that was about to change in quarter number three. Sparked by the