HARLAN (April 26) -- It was the typical Harlan Community vs.

 HARLAN (April 27) -- The end result wasn’t a victory, but the Harlan Community girls soccer team put forth a strong showing against a highly-skilled Underwood squad Tuesday at Merrill Field. The match was tied 1-1 until the 56th minute, when Eagles’ freshman Georgia Paulson converted a penalty kick with 24:13 remaining.

 HARLAN (April 26) -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team suffered a 9-0 home loss to Atlantic on Monday, dropping the Cyclones to 1-6 on the year. The Trojans prevailed 10-1 in four of the matches, 10-4 in another and 6-2 at number one singles when Cyclone senior Brock Bruns retired early vs. Grant Sturm due to the effects of the heat. The closest match came at No.

 AVOCA (April 26) -- Junior Ally Meyers earned medalist honors for the girls as the AHSTW golf teams split a home dual with Underwood Monday afternoon at the Avoca CountryView Golf and Clubhouse. The Lady Vikes posted a team score of 227 and improved to 2-4 on the year as the Eagles competed with a partial squad of three girls. Meyers shot a medalist round of 48 in hot, windy conditions while AHSTW freshman Isabel Luna was the runner-up with a

 AUDUBON (April 27) -- The IKM-Manning boys placed fifth overall and the girls placed seventh in a talent-rich Bob Clark Co-Ed Relays Tuesday at Audubon. On a night that saw nine meet records go down, the Underwood track squads combined for 12 gold medals and swept the team titles. The IKM-M boys scored 15 times in 12 events and placed fifth with 64 points.

    On April 24 the Harlan Trap Team shot in Harlan at the Southwest Iowa Conference shoot. Other competing teams consisted of Underwood, CAM, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimbalton, Loess Hills, and Alta-Aurelia. There were a total of 191 shooters, 40 consisted of Harlan shooters.    The high school squad consisting of Nick Blum, Clayton Mages, Brett Wageman, Jaron Hendricks, and Katie Burchett placed first with a score of 213.

    ANKENY – A Harlan native participated Friday, April 23 in the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) Fashion Institute’s seventh-annual Gala, held at the Ankeny Campus Black Box Theatre.    Cierra Hoegh, a 2020 Harlan Community High School graduate and first-year student at DMACC, created the Rainbow Luau design worn by fellow student Emma Sandberg.  Hoegh wore the Deco Dress designed by Sandberg at the live shows.    Hoegh just happene

    AVOCA --     The drive from Runk Wood’s Avoca home to his road construction job in Lincoln, NE, on April 20, 2021 quickly became a day he will never forget.    Between 5:30 a.m.-5:45 a.m., Wood was traveling on Interstate 80 coming into Council Bluffs and had just passed the Highway 6 exit when he saw in the distance what looked like the size of a basketball a fire in the median.    The Walnut native said  he is not one of these drivers th

    ELK HORN – Elk Horn’s Grace on Main restaurant was honored with an excellence in tourism award last week at the 2021 Iowa Tourism Conference.    The Italian eatery was named one of two outstanding dining businesses in the state.      A total of 25 award winners across 13 categories were announced during a ceremony Wednesday, April 28.