HARLAN -- Mark and Kandi Vande Berg of Harlan announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie to Brett Shively both of Kearney, NE. Brett is the son of Bruce Shively, Norfolk, NE; and Sally Shively, Norfolk.    The couple will exchange marriage vows on October 28 at the First United Methodist Church in Harlan.

 HARLAN -- Win or lose, the Harlan Community baseball team needed a battle like the one it got from Kuemper Catholic Tuesday night at Jim Goeser Field. Falling behind three separate times during the first six innings, HCHS erased deficits of 2-0, 3-2 and 4-3 against Knights ace Tyler Laing, then took its first lead on a pop-up that landed about 40 feet from home plate. Three outs later, the top-ranked (3-A) Cyclones were 15-0 - the result of a

 HARLAN -- Allowing runs in eight straight innings during one stretch, Harlan Community was swept by Kuemper Catholic 7-3 and 11-7 in a Hawkeye 10 Conference softball doubleheader Tuesday night (June 13) at windy H.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community softball team scored nine runs in the first and cruised past St.

 HARLAN -- Brett Sears hit his first varsity home run and pitched six strong innings on the mound here Monday night (June 12) as the Harlan Community baseball team defeated St. Albert 8-1. Sears finished 2-for-4 with a double, a homer, two runs and two RBI - the home run coming against hard-throwing left-hander Garret Reisz.

 AUDUBON -- Keyed by a seven-run fourth inning, the AHSTW baseball team earned a season split vs.

 AUDUBON -- Interrupted only by a one-hour lightning delay, the AHSTW softball team followed a seven-run first inning with eight runs in the top of the second and blitzed Audubon 15-1 in a three-inning Western Iowa Conference game Monday night (June 12). The Lady Vikes (8-6 overall, 5-6 in the Western Iowa Conference) put together 10 hits and were the beneficiary of eight walks in sweeping the season series.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Swim Team opened its 2017 season with a decisive win over Woodbine and Logan on June 7 at the Stamp Aquatic Center. Harlan scored 629 points on the night, followed by Woodbine (204) and Logan (97), and set nine facility or school records in the process. This year’s Harlan swim team is 87 members strong, the highest enrollment on record going back to at least 2009.

 ANKENY – Harlan Community Middle School’s Justine Buman brought home two medals from the Mike Henderson Junior High State Track Meet held May 6 at Ankeny Stadium. Justine was an eighth grader at HCMS during the 2016-17 school year and is the daughter of Jeff and Janet Buman, Harlan. Buman ran a time of 16.97 in the 100-meter hurdles, earning second place among all participants in the large-schools division, which includes Iowa classes 3A and