HARLAN -- James Goeser, Harlan, died July 3 at Hansen House Memory Care Assisted Living.    Services will be held Friday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake service was held Thursday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation was Thursday from 4-8 p.m.

    WALNUT -- Herbert “Herb” Lee Wood, 69, Walnut, died July 2 at Mercy Hospital.    Graveside services will be held Friday, July 7 at 11 a.m. at the Otho Cemetery in Webster County.  Visitation was held Thursday, July 6 from 4-8 p.m.

DES MOINES – Consumer Protection Division representatives will be in Harlan and Atlantic next week to provide “mobile office” access for Iowans with consumer-related questions or complaints, Attorney General Tom Miller announced.
Division representatives will be on hand to provide information, answer questions, and assist with consumer protection matters, including complaints from consumers.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Facing a team that thrives on walks and stolen bases, St.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Sending 14 batters to the plate in a 10-run top of the fourth, Harlan Community hammered St.

 HARLAN -- Brett Sears pitched his second no-hitter of the year and the Harlan Community baseball team posted two crooked numbers to take care of Atlantic 10-0 in five innings Monday night (June 26) at Jim Goeser Field. Sears (5-0) struggled with his command at times as he walked six batters and also struck out six, but did not surrender a hit in five innings on the mound.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community softball team played Atlantic to a scoreless tie through four innings Monday night (June 26), but the fifth-ranked (3-A) Trojans put together back-to-back three spots in the fifth and sixth to beat the Cyclones 6-0 and complete a season sweep. After HCHS was unable to capitalize on a scoring opportunity in the bottom of the fourth, Atlantic loaded the bases via two walks and an infield hit in the next half innin

 IRWIN -- IKM-Manning held serve in the quarterfinal round of the Western Iowa Conference Softball Tournament here Tuesday (June 27), but not without a stern test from an improving AHSTW squad. Held to just three hits by Lady Vike senior pitcher Haley Constable, the third-seeded Wolves found other ways to outscore their sixth-seeded foe, 4-1, at the Irwin softball diamond. IKM-M, ranked 15th in Class 2-A as of June 22, drew six walks on the ni

 AUDUBON -- AHSTW senior Anthony Cordes outshined Audubon’s Tyler Riebhoff in a classic pitchers duel Monday night (June 26) as the fifth-seeded Vikings topped the fourth-seeded Wheelers 2-0 in the quarterfinal round of the Western Iowa Conference Baseball Tournament. Cordes (2-3) took a no-hitter into the seventh inning that was broken up by Micky Williamson’s leadoff single.