ATLANTIC (June 25) -- Connor Bruck pitched a four-hitter to earn his fifth win of the year and the Harlan Community baseball team broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the sixth to win at Atlantic 4-1 on Monday afternoon. After scoring just one unearned run against Trojan starter Chase McLaren through five, HCHS got to reliever Chase Mullenix for three runs on Jared Moser’s two-run single and Ryan Doran’s sacrifice fly. Moser finished with three

 HARLAN -- Nine Harlan Community boys soccer players and two Cyclone girls have been recognized on the 2018 Hawkeye Ten All-Conference teams released in June. The list of HCHS boys includes four first-team selections. Senior midfielders Drew Voge and Tanner Fink were both unanimous first-teamers while senior forward Dylan Eshelman and senior goalie Keaton Jones were also named to the first team.

Nov. 4, 1937 - June 20, 2018

TOWNSEND, MT – Barry Lynn Hollander, son of Kenneth Hollander and Bev Weinbrandt, was born on January 29, 1965 in Council Bluffs.  He was raised in Harlan where he attended school graduating from Harlan Community High School with the class of 1983.After high school, Barry attended Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs where he studied accounting.

SEBASTIAN, FL – Randall “Randy” Lee Rademacker was born in Fort Dodge on January 16th, 1957 to John “Jack” Rademacker and Lois Podey.Randy was the ninth of 10 children. He graduated from Missouri Valley in 1975. He studied at the University of Nebraska — Lincoln.

    ELK HORN - Toby Henningsen,  87, died Thurs., June 28 at the Salem Lutheran Nursing Home here.    Funeral services will be held on Sat., July 7 at 10:30 a.m. at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church with visitation with family and friends beginning at 9:30 a.m.
 
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    BRANSON, MO -- One phone call.    One phone call can change the direction of someone’s career.    For Scott Kwapiszeski, this phone call changed his career direction to Branson, MO.    Scott Kwapiszeski was raised in Panama and said he has always been interested in music.

    HARLAN -- Roman candles, sparklers, poppers, bottle rockets, and snakes.

    REGIONAL -- Crops in Iowa have grown significantly over the last two weeks due to much needed rainfall, but this rainfall also caused some crops harm particularly on Thurs., June 28 when hail and reports of wind flattened crops surfaced.    “Iowa experienced a pronounced pattern shift from previous weeks that brought measurable precipitation to the state.