COUNCIL BLUFFS (April 17) -- Nick Foss and Chloe Hansen both won their signature events Tuesday night as the Harlan Community boys placed fourth and the girls placed fifth at the Lewis Central Co-Ed Track Meet. Season-best times were hard to come by on a cool, windy night and the meet lasted more than six hours, finishing at 10:10 p.m. The Cyclone boys placed 18 times in 15 events and scored 88 points to finish behind Atlantic (117), Lewis Ce

 ATLANTIC (April 17) -- Shelbi Wilson won the girls 3,000-meter run and Evan Wilson won the boys 3,200 Tuesday night as the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton track teams finished near the middle of the pack at the CAM Co-Ed Classic held in Atlantic. The Spartan boys placed fifth out of 11 teams with 49 points, scoring in nine total events, while the girls placed in seven events and took sixth in the team standings with 42 points. Shelbi Wilson won gol

 GLENWOOD (April 17) -- The Harlan Community boys golf team lost by 14 strokes in dual play at Glenwood Tuesday, falling 155 to 169 at the Glenwood Golf Course. HCHS is now 2-1 on the season. The Cyclone bright spot at Glenwood was HCHS junior Jay Swanson chipping in for birdie on his last hole to secure first-place medalist honors with a 37.

 HARLAN (April 17) -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team split a pair of home meets in the last week, beating Audubon 6-3 on April 12 and losing to an undefeated Glenwood squad 9-0 on April 17. The Cyclones’ top four seeds all won twice against the Wheelers, including one-sided singles wins by Nicole Lange (8-1), Taylor Andersen (8-0), Amelia Juhl (8-4) and Elise Juhl (8-3).

 GLENWOOD (April 17) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team took a 3-2 dual record into Thursday’s meet at Shenandoah following a 9-0 defeat at Glenwood Tuesday. HCHS also notched an 8-1 dual win at Audubon on April 12 before its meets at St. Albert (April 13) and vs. Kuemper (April 16) were postponed. All six Cyclone varsity players earned at least one win against the Wheelers as they were just a tiebreaker loss away from a 9-0 sweep.

    HARLAN -- Bill Shannon, 95, Harlan, died April 20 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, April 24 at 1 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin.  Visitation was Monday, April 23 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    EARLING -- Gerald John Bissen, 92, Earling, died April 19 at his home.    Services were held Monday, April 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St.

“We desperately need more foster families in our area,” said Dawn Luetje, project manager with Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI), Denison, who works with foster families and children in need of placement in western Iowa.    “In Shelby County we currently have nine licensed foster families.  Of those nine families, two are only taking relative placements.  There are currently 18 children placed in foster homes in Shelby County.    “As a result th

    COUNTY – Elimination of a backfill of funding for Shelby County cities, county entities and schools would be detrimental, requiring those groups to get creative on how best to fund essential services in the future or face service cuts or possible tax increases.    There’s been much discussion this legislative session about eliminating the backfill of funding, but as of this week it looks like the issue may have been shelved for one more ye