WALNUT -- James “Aug” Sampson, 74, Walnut, died June 20 at the Atlantic Nursing and Rehab Center.    Family greeted friends Sunday, June 23 from 5-7 p.m.

Robert Francis Sullivan, was born on May 16, 1923, as the second son of Leo P. and Elizabeth (Hawn) Sullivan. Bob grew up on a farm near Dunlap, graduating high school in 1940 from St. Joseph School. Bob married Theresa Marie Dieter October 11, 1945, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Denison.  Together they raised a family of 16 children while farming and living off the land in and around Dunlap, Dow City, Denison, and Earling.

ELK HORN – Richard Mardesen, son of Vernon and Grace Mardesen, was born December 24, 1946, in Atlantic. He grew up in Elk Horn and graduated from Elk Horn-Kimballton High School in 1965.Even though Richard experienced a period of declining health, he passed away rather unexpectedly on Friday, June 14, 2019, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. He was 72 years, five months and 21 days of age.

 CLARINDA (June 6) -- In 2018, the Harlan Community softball team didn’t crack double digits in the win column until June 21 on its way to a 15-17 campaign. This year’s Cyclones - even with three early-season rainouts - are two weeks ahead of last year’s pace following Thursday’s doubleheader sweep at Clarinda. Led by Morgan Schaben’s big night at the plate as well as the pitching circle, HCHS beat the Cardinals 14-0 in five innings and 9-6, i

 CLARINDA (June 6) -- Isaiah Ahrenholtz drove in four runs in game one and Tyler Schaben pitched the team’s first seven-inning complete game of the year in the night cap Thursday as Harlan Community swept a baseball doubleheader at Clarinda by scores of 12-2 (five innings) and 5-1. The fifth-ranked (3A) Cyclones improved to 9-1 overall and 7-1 in Hawkeye Ten Conference play, good for second place behind Lewis Central.

 AVOCA (June 6) -- The AHSTW baseball team was only able to win one out of four games last week, but sandwiched among three close losses was a 12-2, five-inning win over IKM-Manning that temporarily put the Vikings back to the .500 mark. AHSTW scored six first-inning runs off Wolves’ starter Alex Lingle and continued to add on against reliever Amos Rasmussen in the final four frames, outhitting the visitors 11-4 and improving to 3-3 (all Weste

 AVOCA (June 7) -- Tri-Center scored all seven of its runs in the last three innings Friday night to rally past AHSTW 7-5 in Western Iowa Conference baseball action. The Trojans tied the game with two runs in the top of the fifth before the Vikings answered with three in the bottom half to go up 5-2.

 ELK HORN (June 6) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton responded to a 3-0 deficit in the top of the first by scoring six runs in the bottom of the inning and went on to beat Boyer Valley 12-4 in Rolling Valley Conference baseball action Thursday night. Spartan senior Trey Nelson (1-0) adjusted well after a rocky start on the mound, putting up zeros during his final five innings.

 KIMBALLTON (June 6) -- Mollie Rasmussen’s game-winning walk-off single to right field in the bottom of the seventh capped a late rally by the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team for a 9-8 win over Boyer Valley Thursday night. The visiting Bulldogs scored four runs in the top of the sixth on four hits and four errors to take an 8-5 lead, but the Spartans plated two runs each in the sixth and the seventh to win it. Alisa Partridge drew a ba