TRI-CENTER -- Paige Gaskill’s season-high 17 points gave IKM-Manning the boost it needed Friday night as the Wolves outlasted Tri-Center, 46-36, to snap the Trojan girls’ six-game winning streak. IKM-M trailed 19-17 at the half before outscoring T-C 29-17 after the break, improving to 11-4 overall and 8-4 in the Western Iowa Conference. Gaskill, who had played in only seven previous games, took advantage of her opportunity Friday as Madi Ling

 DUNLAP -- All five Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton starters scored in double figures Friday night, combining for every Spartan point as the 2nd-ranked team in Class 1-A girls basketball won 58-43 at Boyer Valley. Exira-EHK established an 18-9 lead after one quarter and was able to build on it the rest of the way, improving its unblemished record to 15-0 overall and 14-0 in the Rolling Valley Conference. Spartan junior Mara Burmeister hit 4-of-9 thr

 MOUNT AYR -- Harlan Community wrestlers Austin Knudson and Jacob Wingert were both named to the All-Tournament Team and two other Cyclones also finished with unbeaten records as HCHS placed second out of nine teams in the Ron Scott Memorial Dual Tournament, held January 15-16 at Mount Ayr. Shenandoah won the team championship with an 8-0 record, followed by HCHS (7-1), Lathrop, Missouri (6-2) and Riverside (5-3). The Cyclones beat Shenandoah

 MISSOURI VALLEY -- Missouri Valley put together a 22-2 second-half run to storm past AHSTW, 55-47, in Western Iowa Conference boys basketball action Friday night. The Vikings led by eight points on three occasions in the third quarter before Justin Miller sparked Mo. Valley’s surge with a driving three-point play. Seth Svedja added 11 points during the decisive run and finished with a game-high 23 for the Big Reds.

COUNTY – Shelby Countians heading to the driver’s license office to renew their driver’s license have the option of now selecting the REAL ID, a two-year old program that is hoped to provide more federal security and cut down on identity theft and fraudulent activity.    Iowa began implementation of the REAL ID in 2013.

    COUNTY – Roger Schmitz has been named chairman of the Shelby County Board of Supervisors this year, and will preside over a board that is currently working diligently to prepare next year’s budget.    Schmitz is joined on the board by supervisors Charlie Parkhurst and Steve Kenkel.    Schmitz was unanimously elected chairman while Kenkel was unanimously elected vice-chairman of the 2016 board.

    HARLAN -- Tonight, Tuesday, Jan.

    COUNTY – Most elected officials in Shelby County will see a 2.5 percent salary increase under a proposal approved by the county’s board of supervisors Tuesday.    After hearing recommendations from the county’s compensation board, the supervisors voted to implement the 2.5 percent increase for the auditor, treasurer, recorder, attorney and sheriff (and chief deputy).  The three supervisors will not receive an increase next year.    The com

    AVOCA -- Leora Torres of Avoca will observe her 100th birthday on February 3. Leora’s family includes one daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Dick Johnson, Lincoln, NE; two grandchildren and five great-grandsons.    A native of rural Walnut, Leora attended country school from kindergarten through the 8th grade, and graduated from Walnut High School in 1933. In 1968 she took a job as a clerk in the Pottawattamie County Courthouse in Avoca.