PANAMA - Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds toured the 300-employee local trucking firm, Panama Transfer, on Wed., Sept.

    HARLAN – Longtime Harlan Community School Board member Lonnie Muxfeldt was elected unanimously as the next president of the board of education, serving for the 2016-17 school year.    Muxfeldt, who is starting his eighth year on the board, replaces Kathy Mahlberg who has served as board president for the last two years.  Muxfeldt took the president’s seat following board approval at Monday’s regular meeting of the board of education.

    HARLAN -- The recently released 2015-2016 audit for the Harlan Municipal Utilities showed a “clean” audit with their combined net asset position up slightly, despite a slight decrease in overall sales.    The Utility’s combined net position increased by $1,402,375 or 4.06%.  This came despite operating revenue showing a 5.73% decrease.   It was partially offset by a decrease in expenses of 3.54%.    Gas, Water and Electric net positions in

    SHENANDOAH, TX -- Norma E.

    NEOLA -- Lucille C. Ausdemore, 80, Neola, died September 23 at her home.    Services will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Neola with interment in the St. Patrick’s Cemetery.  Visitation was held Monday, Sept. 26 from 5-8 p.m. with a rosary at 6:30 p.m.

 HARLAN -- It wasn’t yet the knockout punch to Harlan Community’s 2016 playoff hopes, but it was a damaging body blow at the very least. For the second straight week, HCHS scored a lot of points but allowed even more, yielding 632 yards in an exciting, but disappointing, 49-41 loss to Glenwood at Merrill Field. Coupled with their 70-49 setback at Creston/O-M in Week 3, the Cyclones have allowed an astonishing 119 points and 1,174 yards in a tw

 HARLAN -- Two nights after starting slowly in a three-set loss at Kuemper Catholic, the Harlan Community volleyball team reversed roles in Thursday’s home match with Atlantic, scoring 21 of the first 26 points and cruising by the Trojans, 25-11, 25-14, 25-15. It was a marked turnaround for the 12th-ranked (Class 4-A) Cyclones, who fell behind 19-3 in the opening set Tuesday but raced to a 21-5 lead on Thursday. HCHS improved to 6-8 overall an

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW football team ran its shutout streak to three straight games here Friday night, blowing out ACGC (Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center) 55-0 to improve to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in Class 1-A, District 7. Since opening the season with a 13-6 overtime win over Shenandoah, the Vikings have blanked Lawton-Bronson, 28-0, Tri-Center, 40-0, and the Chargers, 55-0, and have not allowed a point in 14 consecutive quarters.

 CARROLL -- Payton Sporrer of IKM-Manning placed third in the Class B girls division of Saturday’s Kuemper Catholic Cross Country Invite, pacing eight area runners to earn top 25 finishes at Swan Lake State Park. Sporrer’s five-kilometer time of 21:43 trailed only two Underwood runners - Karley Larson (19:59) and Ryann Portch (21:22) in the small-school girls race.