IKM-M Girls & Boys Results/ScheduleNovember 28    vs. Audubon - Girls won 58-19; Boys won 59-53December 1    at AHSTW - Girls won 61-41; Boys lost 58-48December 2    vs. Panorama - Girls lost 50-45; Boys won 54-51December 5    at Logan-Magnolia - Girls lost 58-48; Boys won 57-51December 8    vs. Missouri Valley - Girls won 58-35; Boys won 56-33December 12    at Riverside (Girl-Boy DH) - PostponedDecember 15    vs.

AHSTW Girls & Boys Results/ScheduleNovember 27    at CAM - Girls lost 46-27November 28    at Treynor - Girls lost 60-33; Boys lost 61-55December 1    vs. IKM-Manning - Girls lost 61-41; Boys won 58-48December 5    at Tri-Center - Girls won 58-41; Boys lost 61-43December 7    at Shenandoah - Boys won 74-27December 8    vs.

 HARLAN (Dec.

 HARLAN (Dec. 19) -- It was a special night for Harlan Community basketball coach Mitch Osborn on Tuesday.

 HARLAN (Dec. 19) -- For the second straight year, the Harlan Community girls basketball team will take a 2-4 record into the holidays. The Cyclones led for just a few brief moments against Abraham Lincoln Tuesday night, plagued by turnovers and missed shots in a 48-40 home loss to the senior-laden Lynx. Last year, Hope Riche hit a three-pointer at the buzzer to lift AL past Harlan 58-57 in a game the Cyclones led by 12 in the third quarter.

 AVOCA (Dec. 19) -- The AHSTW wrestling team entered the holiday break on a good note and gave head coach Evan McCarthy his 100th career win Tuesday night with a double dual sweep against Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln and Tri-Center. The Vikings beat AL 45-36 and topped Tri-Center 42-25.

COUNTY – The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office’s fundraising efforts to raise monies for the purchase of a K9 officer to serve the county have been successful.  Hopes are the dog can be on duty in the first quarter of 2018, and plans are to fundraise to support a second K-9 unit in the future.    Sheriff Neil Gross said fundraising initially began in July and the community embraced the project.  “The goal was to interact with the community and ra

COUNTY – Shelby County has thrown its support behind an initiative to change the name of the East Branch of the West Nishnabotna River to the Avoca River.    “We are not changing the name of the East Nishnabotna River,” said Steve Kenkel, chairman of the Shelby County Board of Supervisors.  “It’s the East Branch of the West Nishnabotna River.  That’s very confusing.”    Kenkel said Shelby County received correspondence from the U.S.

REGIONAL – The Iowa Department of Education released its Iowa School Report Card this month, with area schools rating from high-performing to needs improvement on the new system’s scale.    Iowa’s schools are rated on certain educational measures, including math and reading proficiency, college and career ready growth and readiness, how many students are improving academically each year, efforts to close achievement gaps, graduation rates, att