HARLAN – Long-time Harlan City Councilman David H. Pedersen has announced his resignation from the council effective July 1.    Pedersen has served on the council for 12½ years, and said in a resignation letter to the city that it’s been a pleasure to work for the community.

HARLAN -- After a long season that started in early April, kids enjoyed their last t-ball games of the season at J.J. Jensen Park in Harlan.

HARLAN -- On Wed., June 20, the Harlan Fire Department control burned what remained of the old mill after it was torn down the Friday before.    Bobby Fox, with Fox Construction, will return to remove the remaining rubble once the fire is completely out and the mill’s remains reduced to ashes.    The mill dated back to the late 1800s when it was used as a flour and then oats mill. 

 LOGAN (June 15) -- For six innings Friday night, IKM-Manning put runners all over the bases but couldn’t break through against Logan-Magnolia softball pitcher Reanna Rife. Down to their last three outs, the Wolves responded like a senior-laden, 2nd-ranked team is supposed to, scoring six runs in the top of the seventh and beating the ninth-ranked Panthers 6-2 to sweep the regular-season series. IKM-M kept its unbeaten Western Iowa Conference

 GRISWOLD (June 15) -- AHSTW capped a 2-2 week on the baseball diamond Friday night by outscoring Griswold 13-6 in Western Iowa Conference play. The Vikings improved to 6-7 overall and 4-7 in the WIC, taking the lead for good with five runs in the top of the fourth and pulling away with two in the sixth and three in the seventh. AHSTW totaled 11 hits and 11 stolen bases in the contest, also drawing nine walks. Sophomore Joel Sampson led the Vi

 AVOCA (June 14) -- Just three outs away from victory, AHSTW surrendered five runs in the top of the seventh and lost to Underwood 7-4 in Western Iowa Conference softball action Thursday night. The Lady Vikes led 3-2 after six innings before the Eagles plated five runs on four hits in their final at-bat.

 LOGAN (June 15) -- Wyatt Wohlers laced a game-winning RBI single to the left field fence Friday night, lifting Logan-Magnolia past the IKM-Manning baseball team 5-4 in a back-and-forth Western Iowa Conference game. The Wolves, who led 1-0 early, tied the game at 2-2 in the fifth and 4-4 in the sixth but couldn’t get over the hump in falling to 3-10 overall and 3-8 in the WIC.

 IRWIN (June 14) -- Exactly one week after IKM-Manning’s Joy Gross secured career coaching win number 700, daughter Peyton Gross notched a big milestone of her own Thursday night at the Irwin softball diamond. Pitching 11 quality innings and helping her own cause with five hits at the plate, Gross earned career wins 99 and 100 as the 2nd-ranked Wolves swept Riverside in a doubleheader, 10-0 and 11-1. Gross pitched a six-inning one-hit shutout

 FORT DODGE (June 15-16) -- Close losses and low-scoring games were a common theme for the Harlan Community softball team this past weekend as the Cyclones finished 16th at the Fort Dodge Invitational with an 0-4 record. HCHS lost to 10th-ranked (5A) Fort Dodge 6-1 Friday in a first round game shortened to five innings due to a time limit.