REGIONAL -- Tivoli Fest is this weekend, and the theme this year is “Tivoli Traditions.... Hygge and Æbleskiver.”    “The first time I went to Denmark with my family, we went to my grandmother’s friend’s house and she didn’t know we were coming. We walked into her house and she took us into the parlor, which was closed, and on the table was a vase of flowers, just fresh flowers, she didn’t know we were coming.

    REGIONAL -- Area schools held their graduation ceremonies Sunday, May 20.

    REGIONAL -- Harlan Memorial Day services will take place at the Veteran’s Memorial Building at 10 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Local firefighters held a controlled burn Saturday, May 19 at a vacant home in east Harlan.  Prior to the training burn on Saturday, local firefighters had used the structure three times for training new firefighters.    The training topics were: Search and Rescue, Ventilation, Fire Behavior, Fire Attack Techniques and Pumping Operations.    The department’s Firefighter I class started back in January and the students will have t

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Greta Dael Knudsen and Alex Ryan Mosher both of Omaha were married in an outdoor ceremony on the dock of the Council Bluffs Country Club on October 28, 2017.         The 4 pm double ring ceremony was performed by Pastor Chris St. Clair, Broadway United Methodist Church, Council Bluffs.    Parents of the couple are Stan and Judy Knudsen, Harlan; and Paula Mosher, Omaha, and the late Bradly Mosher.

    DEFIANCE -- Melissa Kite of Defiance and Derek Anderson of Onawa will exchange marriage vows on June 16 in a ceremony in Defiance.    Parents of the couple are Dan and EAnn Christensen, Defiance, and Bill and Rhonda Anderson, Defiance.

 DES MOINES (May 19) -- Gage Clay’s final turn on Drake Stadium’s famed blue oval did not feature the blazing speed that Iowa prep track fans have grown accustomed to seeing over the last three years. What it did include was one of the most heartfelt and well-deserved standing ovations to occur on the third and final day of the 2018 State Co-Ed Track and Field Championships. When Saturday began, it was highly conceivable that Clay - AHSTW’s se

 DES MOINES (May 19) -- Jenny Hamilton’s first year as head coach of the AHSTW girls track team closed with two state medals, four near misses and a school record as the Lady Vikes capped a progressive season at the 2018 State Co-Ed Track and Field Championships this past weekend. Taking eight events to Des Moines - the program’s largest state meet contingent in years - AHSTW placed in the top 10 six times and scored 11 points to tie for 26th

 DES MOINES (May 18) -- State medals and personal bests were hard to come by for the Harlan Community boys track team this past weekend, but all nine Cyclone events basically finished middle of the pack or better at the 2018 State Co-Ed Track and Field Championships. Senior Nick Foss earned the lone HCHS medal with a fourth-place effort in the long jump, soaring 22 feet, 2.5 inches for the second-best mark of his two-year varsity career. The C