HARLAN – A fund drive that will help light up Harlan like it used to be in the 1960s has been established, with hopes of continuing the tradition of making Harlan the Christmas City.    With the help of several donors, the community has purchased white lighted garland and ribbon for the light poles in downtown Harlan, and colored lights for the poles in Pioneer Park.  In addition, there will be bright red bows on the tops of each of the po

    COUNTY – The general election is over, and in reflection it’s interesting to note how some Shelby County voters chose to cast ballots for not the candidates, but for write-ins they saw as more qualified than those on the ticket.    Shelby County Election Commissioner Marsha Carter said it isn’t unusual in any election for voters to offer their support for everyone from celebrities and fictional characters to the ever-popular “none of the a

    HARLAN -- Harlan firefighters and police quickly extinguished a small camper fire at the Shelby County Fairgrounds Tuesday afternoon, Nov.

 CEDAR RAPIDS -- Harlan Community volleyball coach Angie Spangenberg was honored on Friday as the 2016 volleyball recipient of the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union’s Golden Plaque of Distinction.

 AMES -- Jess Schaben and her Iowa State volleyball teammates had been in this position before. On October 8 in Austin, Texas, the Cyclones rallied back from an 0-2 deficit to force a fifth set against the University of Texas, but came up on the short end of a 15-10 score and fell to 1-4 in Big 12 Conference play. Five weeks later, Iowa State was not going to be denied in the rematch in Ames. Once again battling from behind, the Cyclones dropp

 WEST DES MOINES -- The Harlan Patriots 6th grade football team capped a perfect 6-0 season on Saturday, October 22, defeating the Nevada Titans 26-0 in a championship playoff game held under the lights at Valley Stadium in West Des Moines. The Harlan Patriots 3rd-4th grade team also won its playoff game on October 23 at Norwalk, defeating the WDM Texans 19-18 to finish 3-3 in the Junior Division, tied for eighth place out of 20 total teams. B

 HARLAN -- Starting with the current 2016-17 season, Harlan Community Middle School will be charging admission to all home basketball games and wrestling meets for 7th and 8th grade.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- A group of 17 Special Olympics athletes from the Harlan Community Schools (grades 6-8) participated in a regional bowling tournament at Thunderbowl in Council Bluffs on October 4. Three Cyclone bowlers advanced to the November 19 state tournament in Sioux City by placing first at regionals.

    EARLING -- Richard R. “Dick” Mattox, 77, Earling, formerly of Shelby, died Monday, Nov. 14 in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, Nov. 18 at 10:30 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Shelby with burial in the Shelby Cemetery.  Friends were asked to call Thursday, Nov. 17 from 2-9 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.