ATLANTIC -- Posting four scores between 78 and 84, the Harlan Community boys golf team placed fourth out of 14 teams in the Atlantic Trojan Tournament last Tuesday (May 2) at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club. Atlantic won the meet with an outstanding team score of 289, followed by Clarinda (305), Kuemper Catholic (310), HCHS (323) and ADM and Glenwood both at 324. Kevin Campbell paced the Cyclones with a steady round of 78 (40-38) and Troy
DES MOINES -- The National Football Foundation - Iowa Chapter - announced May 1 that Harlan Community senior Joshua Cheek has been selected as one of 11 winners of the 2017 Scholar-Athlete Award.
OMAHA, NE -- Mary A. Schwinderman, 92, Omaha, NE, formerly of Harlan, died Wednesday, May 10 in Omaha. Services will be held Monday, May 15 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the St.
ELK HORN -- Norma L. Arnvig, 92, Elk Horn, died May 9 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Services will be held Friday, May 12 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Jacksonville with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery. Visitation was held Thursday, May 11 from 5-7 p.m.
WESTPHALIA -- Delbert John Rueschenberg, 90, Westphalia, died May 9 at his home. Services will be held Friday, May 12 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery at Westphalia. A rosary was held Thursday, May 11 at 7 p.m. at the St. Boniface Parish Hall in Westphalia. Visitation was from 4-9 p.m.
CARROLL -- Delores “Laurie” Staley, 82, Carroll, died Monday, May 8 at St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll. Services will be held Friday, May 12 at 1:30 p.m. at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Carroll with burial in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll. Friends were asked to call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 11 where there was a rosary held at 5 p.m.
HARLAN -- A new restaurant will be the anchor of a new business development along Highway 59 south of the Settle Inn in Harlan. The Harlan City Council has approved the sale of an approximately two-acre parcel of re-platted land along the highway in the Harlan Plaza Subdivision. The land is being sold for the construction of The Buck Snort restaurant. “This property would be right south of where the Settle Inn is,” said Harlan Mayor K
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Fourteen Harlan Community High School students participated in Google’s 5th Annual Anti-Gravity Games competition April 29, sweeping the competition and taking the grand prize and 1st runner-up for the second year in a row at Kanesville Arena on the Iowa Western Community College campus. This year the Anti-Gravity Games brought 20 area high school teams together for a day of discovery and excitement.
AVOCA -- AHSTW hosted commencement exercises for its graduates this past weekend, with ceremonies held at the AHSTW High School gymnasium starting at 1 p.m.
HARLAN -- In honor of National Travel and Tourism Week, the Iowa Tourism Office recognized Shelby County Historical Museum recently for contributing to the state’s $8.06 billion tourism industry. National Travel and Tourism Week (May 7-13), now in its 34th year, unites communities across the country to celebrate what travel means to employment, economic growth and personal well-being.
