HARLAN -- Former Harlan Community volleyball coach Angie Spangenberg will be one of four inductees into the Iowa Girls’ Coaches Association Volleyball Coaches and Officials Hall of Fame for 2017. The Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 18, in Carroll as part of this year’s Senior All Star Weekend.

 HARLAN -- A total of 96 area kids in grades 3-6 participated in Harlan Community’s 2017 Flag Football program under the direction of Cyclone football coaches Curt Bladt, Sam Brummer and Matt Hoch. The season was held over six weeks this fall with games played on five Sunday afternoons (one week was rained out). The third and fourth grade division played at 1:00 p.m., followed by the fifth and sixth grade division at 2:30.

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 9) -- Two of Class 3A’s powerhouse football programs will clash at the UNI-Dome Thursday when sixth-ranked Harlan Community meets fifth-ranked Pella in a semifinal matchup of 10-1 teams.

    ELK HORN -- Bernice Wilhemine Mordhorst, 103, Elk Horn, died November 13 at the Salem Lutheran Home.    Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Portsmouth.  A wake service will be held Friday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation is Friday from 5-8 p.m.

COUNTY – After some investigation and discussions, Shelby County has opted out of the possibility of sharing county attorney services with Audubon County.    It was last month that county officials announced that they were exploring the option of sharing services with neighboring Audubon County, which had reached out to local officials here to discuss the possibility.    Board of supervisors chairman Steve Kenkel said one of the supervisors in

HARLAN -- Shelby County Catholic School announced Friday, Nov. 10  that Josh DeWeerd has resigned his 16 month post as principal of the school effective immediately.    Previous principal Ann Anderson will serve as principal in the interim while SCCS searches for a permanent replacement.    DeWeerd was originally placed on administrative leave from the school the previous day, Thursday. 

LINCOLN, NE -- Bob Broomfield, former superintendent of schools at Harlan Community and co-director of Shelby County Developsource economic development, died Thursday, Nov.

REGIONAL – The annual holiday adoption program is in full swing with a number of needy families already being adopted, and more needy families added to the list.    Administration of the adoption program is being handled by West Central Community Action, and the Harlan Newspapers remains actively involved in promoting and publicizing the adoptions.    In the past, the Adopt-A-Family program has helped to spread holiday cheer to a number of fam

DES MOINES -- High school students from 27 states and territories and nine countries were selected to attend the 24th Annual Global Youth Institute October 19-21 in Des Moines.    Miguel Mena from Harlan Community High School was among the 200 students selected to attend the prestigious three-day conference.