REGIONAL – Five of the seven members of the Harlan Community Schools Board of Education will be up for election this fall as voters head to the polls in the November school election.    Board members Al Hazelton, Amy Rueschenberg, Seth Piro, Jessica Anderson, and Joe Herzberg have board seats for the districts they represent up for election in November.    Hazelton represents district 1; Rueschenberg district 2; Piro district 3; Anderson d

    AVOCA -- Rhonda Lou Nelsen, 61, Avoca, died Wednesday, Aug. 25 in Avoca.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, Aug. 28 at 11 a.m.

    ELK HORN – Verne Kline, 79, Elk Horn, died August 19 in Santa Barbara, CA.    Services are pending.    Kline is former owner/operator of the Danish Inn in Elk Horn. He was preceded in death by his wife, Kathy.He is survived by his daughters Debbie Kline of Santa Barbara, CA; and Jacquelyn (Jeremy) Christensen of Elk Horn and four grandchildren: Maddie and Mara of Elk Horn and Eloise and Georgia Kline, Santa Barbara.

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 AMES, IA -- When Iowa State’s 2020 softball season was shortened to just 24 games due to COVID-19, senior Logan Schaben and her teammates were devastated. When the NCAA allowed seniors an extra year of eligibility if they wanted it, Schaben didn’t have to think twice. The Portsmouth native and 2016 Harlan Community graduate returned for a fifth season this past spring and enjoyed every last bit of an historic campaign for ISU. The Cyclones fi

 AREA (Aug. 19) -- All four local high school football teams will hold preseason scrimmages later this week in preparation for their Week 1 games on Friday, August 27. The Harlan Community football team’s annual intrasquad scrimmage, sponsored by the Lions Club, is set for Thursday night at Merrill Field.

 ELK HORN -- Tatum Grubbs, a 2021 graduate of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton High School, signed a letter of intent this past spring to continue her academics and basketball career at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Grubbs was a four-year starter for the Spartans, finishing her career with 947 points, 224 assists and 150 steals while helping the team make appearances in the Class 1A state tournament semifinals as both a freshman and senior.

Summer Academic All-Conference honors from the Hawkeye Ten and Western Iowa Conference