HARLAN -- Jacqueline V. Jensen, 91, Harlan, died March 2 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Saturday, March 10 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Elk Horn Lutheran Cemetery in Elk Horn.  Visitation is Saturday from 10-11 a.m.

    HARLAN – Fourteen Harlan Community High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) students have qualified for the national conference to be held in Dallas, TX May 9-13.    The 2018 national leadership conference, Dream Bigger, will welcome more than 5,000 conference delegates from across the nation to participate in national level business skills competitions, workshops, general sessions, and the national officer candidate campaigns a

    HARLAN -- For the first time in school history, Harlan Community High School will be sending two bands to the Iowa Jazz Championships.    This year’s event will be held in Ames on the campus of Iowa State University on Thursday, April 5. The Jazz Ensemble, directed by Tom Cronin, will perform at 10:30 a.m. in the Scheman Building.

    HARLAN - Last spring, an estimated 70 students received local scholarship awards from 48 sponsoring organizations, totaling close to $230,000 in funding.  In 2018 there are 12 new scholarships plus an additional 33 scholarships come from other sources which would likely bring the total to more than $500,000.

The Spartans bow out of the state tourney in the semi-finals as they fall to eventual champion Springville, 57-41. 

    HARLAN -- Approximately 30 kids had fun conducting science experiments during the Family Fun Night at the Harlan Community Library Thursday night, March 1.  Making slime, taste and smell test and poking a bubble without popping it were just a few of the experiments. 

 DES MOINES (Feb. 28) -- At least on paper, Wednesday’s Class 1A girls state basketball quarterfinal between Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and AGWSR looks like a great 4 vs. 5-seed matchup. The 7th-ranked Spartans (23-1) and No. 8 Cougars (21-2) will tip things off at 3:15 p.m. inside Wells Fargo Arena as the second of four 1A first round games. The winner will return to Des Moines Friday at 1:30 for a semifinal against either No.

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 CARROLL (Feb. 23) -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team moved within one win of the state tournament on Friday night, defeating Tri-Center 51-42 in a Class 1A, District 15 final played at Kuemper Catholic. The game was postponed 24 hours due to inclement weather and the Wolves’ Substate 8 final vs. third-ranked Remsen St.