AVOCA (Sept. 3) -- For a young football team like AHSTW, the strangeness of 2020 could actually be a blessing this fall. The Vikings have just three seniors on the roster (two of them starters) and may not be playing their best football until mid-October...

    HARLAN -- The Dome Dynasty documentary on Harlan Community football premiered online last weekend at domedynasty.com and will be available to watch until Sunday, Sept.

    HARLAN -- The Alzheimer’s Association® is inviting Harlan area residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s.    The Walk will take place on Saturday, Sept. 12 with an online opening ceremony at 10 a.m.

 HARLAN (Aug. 29) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team saved its best for last in Saturday’s four-team Cyclone Tournament, sweeping 3rd-ranked (1A) St.

 GLENWOOD (Aug.

 ADEL (Aug. 27) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team opened the season Thursday with a perfect 3-0 showing at the ADM Quad Tournament in Adel. HCHS recorded 2-0 wins over Newton (21-15, 21-19) and Algona (21-11, 21-15) and won a 2-1 decision over the host Tigers, 19-21, 21-8, 15-7. Sophomore Macy Reischl led the Cyclones in serving all three matches, finishing a combined 39-for-41 with nine aces.

    COUNTY -- Shelby County’s COVID-19 positivity rate has dropped considerably during the last month, according to statistics from the state’s coronavirus website.    On August 5, Shelby County was showing a positivity rate among the highest in Iowa -- 23.59 percent which ranked the county fourth for positive cases.    As of this week, the county’s positivity rate has dropped to 3.8 percent, placing it 90th out of 99 counties in Iowa.

    ATLANTIC -- Diann Lynn Taylor, 69, Atlantic, died Sunday, Sept. 6 at Atlantic Specialty Care.    Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 at United Church of Christ in Atlantic with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia at a later date.    Arrangements are provided by Hockenberry Family Care in Atlantic.

    WASHINGTON -- Ronald Raymond Davis, 85, Washington, formerly of Harlan, died Monday, Sept. 7 at the Halcyon House in Washington.    Celebration of life services and interment will be held at a later date.  A memorial has been established for the Harlan Community School District Helping Hands Fund.    Davis was a former HCSD board member.    Davis is survived by his wife, Lila June Davis, of Washington; son Craig A.