COUNTY – Shelby County may be eligible for federal funding to help control the mosquito population in all communities due to the flooding and wet conditions the county has experienced since March.    It’s expected that mosquito populations are on the rise and will continue to be on the increase during the next few months, with a possible increase in West Nile Virus following, officials said.  Warding off the mosquito numbers and illnesses

    HARLAN -- Marie Arentson will celebrate her 90th birthday with a celebration on Saturday, August 3 from 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Harlan.    Her family invites family and friends to join in celebrating Marie and honoring her late twin sister Eunice Groelz, who died on July 12, 2019. Marie and Eunice were born on August 8, 1929 near Persia to Henry and Meta Steenbock.          Cards can be sent to Marie at 1109 Elm St.

    HARLAN -- Marvin Sewing will mark his 100th birthday at an open house on Thursday, August 8 from 2-4 p.m. at the McKee Community Room at Elm Crest Senior Living Community in Harlan. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.    Cards will also reach him if sent to Marvin Sewing, 2108 12th St., Apt. 246, Harlan, IA 51537.

 COON RAPIDS (July 16) -- IKM-Manning finished the baseball season with a record of 7-17 following last Tuesday’s 10-1 loss at Coon Rapids-Bayard in a Class 1A, District 16 semifinal. The ninth-ranked Crusaders (27-4) broke the game open with a pair of early crooked numbers, scoring three runs in the second inning and five in the third to go up 8-0.

 ANITA -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton baseball team lost to CAM 7-2 in a Class 1A district quarterfinal game July 13 and finished the season 10-12 overall. The Spartans scored two runs in the top of the first but the host Cougars answered with four in the bottom of the inning and scored three insurance runs in the fifth. Exira-EHK senior Josh Pettepier took the loss, allowing seven hits and four earned runs in a complete game effort.

 HARLAN (July 19) -- Three wins removed from a potential ninth straight trip to state, the Harlan Community baseball team opens district tournament play Friday night against an opponent that will have its full attention. Atlantic (7-17) takes on the fifth-ranked Cyclones (24-7) in the second of two Class 3A District 15 semifinals at Jim Goeser Field. Winterset (21-7) will face Carroll (13-15) at 5:00 p.m.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (July 15) -- The Harlan Community baseball team let leads of 5-0 and 8-6 slip away on Monday night at Abraham Lincoln, falling to the Lynx 9-8 in a back-and-forth non-conference affair. The game ended in ugly fashion in the bottom of the seventh after AL’s Hunter Nice hit a leadoff single.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (July 16) -- As soon as AHSTW’s Joel Sampson rifled a bases-clearing triple to the fence in the top of the first, the tone for the night - offense - was set. The Vikings continued to hit the ball well and fought admirably the rest of the way, but never slowed down St.

 ONAWA (July 12) -- When the bats came alive for the AHSTW softball team last Friday, the Lady Vikes scored four sixth-inning runs to pull within 8-5 of West Monona. The drama would be short-lived, however, as the 4th-ranked Spartans answered with six runs on seven hits in the bottom of the sixth to finish off the Lady Vikes 14-5 in a Class 2A regional semifinal. West Monona finished the game with 18 hits and was also aided by AHSTW’s six erro