AVOCA (June 23) -- AHSTW set the tone with a three-run first inning Tuesday night and went on to beat Missouri Valley 5-2 in Western Iowa Conference baseball action. The Vikings’ third win in a row improved their record to 3-1 (all WIC games) while the Big Reds fell to 0-4 in the WIC and 0-5 overall. AHSTW senior pitcher Joey Cunningham allowed two unearned runs in the top of the second but was otherwise in control in his five innings on the

 VAIL (June 24) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team’s red-hot start continued earlier this week with a pair of Rolling Valley Conference road wins. The Spartans routed Glidden-Ralston 11-1 in five innings Tuesday in a game that was postponed 24 hours due to rain, then shut out Ar-We-Va in Vail 8-0 on Wednesday behind Macy Emgarten’s 15-strikeout performance. Exira-EHK is now 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the RVC. A six-run fourth inning ou

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    REGIONAL - A socially distanced two-mile hike will take place on Saturday, July 4 at 9 a.m. at Prairie Rose State Park according to Christina Roelofs, Shelby County and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Naturalist.      “We will meet at the park office and take the trail around the east side of the lake.  This hike is approximately two miles,” she said.    All are invited.

    HARLAN -- Ruth Ann Barry, 87, Harlan, formerly of Irwin, died June 30 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Monday, July 6 at 10:30 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Irwin with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Sunday, July 5 from 4-7 p.m.

    HARLAN - Verda Mae Larsen, 92, died on Mon., June 29. A private graveside service will be held.    Survivors inclulde her daughter, Marie (Warren) Madsen, Newton; sons, Philip (Genene) Larsen, Fontana, CA; Scott (Jeanine) Larsen, Harlan; sister, Lile (Richard) Petersen, Kirkman; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.    Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home, Harlan, was in charge of the arrangements.
 

    HARLAN -- Fairl “Sonny” Johnson of Harlan will celebrate his 90th birthday on July 6. His family is planning a card shower in his honor.

    HARLAN -- Although the school year ended differently then he and everyone else had planned, Sarfaroz “Oz” Sharipov is grateful for the time he spent as a student at the Harlan Community High School.    Oz, of Tajikistan (Central Asia), was a foreign exchange student at HCHS during the 2019-2020 school year. His host parents were Rick and Cheryl Chipman, rural Harlan.

    COUNTY -- The annual summer series featuring stories about residents from Shelby County towns will begin in the Friday, July 3 Harlan News-Advertiser.    Traditionally our newspaper summer intern has for years randomly selected people to feature for the series billed as the “phone book bios” series using the phone book as their first source for contacts.    In the absence of a summer intern this year, I will be writing the features and pho