GLENWOOD -- Harlan Community sophomores Chloe Hansen and Greichaly Kaster combined to win four of the team’s seven gold medals Thursday night (April 13) as the Cyclone girls finished just four points out of first in a third-place showing at the Glenwood Ram Relays. Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln survived a late Cyclone surge to win the team title with 124 points, closely followed by Glenwood (121), HCHS (120) and Logan-Magnolia (104). The Cyc

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Harlan Community’s Nick Foss won the long jump with a new personal best and AHSTW sprinter Gage Clay placed in the top three of two events to highlight area performances at Thursday’s Council Bluffs Boys Track Invitational. The second annual meet, held at the Gale Wickersham Athletic Complex, saw seven meet records fall and a host of impressive times and distances go in the books. Sergeant Bluff-Luton won the team title, lea

 DENISON -- Paced by Maggie Langenfeld’s medalist round of 48, the Harlan Community girls golf team opened the 2017 season with a 224 to 230 dual win over Denison-Schleswig on April 6 at Denison’s Majestic Hills Golf Course. Additional Cyclone scores included: Ellen Keast 56, Haley Manz 59 and Kayla Powers 61. Denison’s Hanna Outhouse carded a 55 to earn runner-up medalist honors.

2017 HCHS Girls Soccer ScheduleTues., April 4 -- at Creston (Won 2-1)Fri., April 7 -- vs. Sioux City West (Lost 4-2)Mon., April 10 -- vs. Tri-Center (Lost 3-0)Thurs., April 13 -- at Creighton Univ. -- vs. Glenwood (Lost 2-0)Mon., April 17 -- at Missouri Valley (Varsity first), 5:00Thurs., April 20 -- at Denison-Schleswig (JV-V), 5:00Mon., April 24 -- at Tri-Center (JV-V), 5:00Fri., April 28 -- vs. Atlantic (JV-V), 5:00Mon., May 1 -- vs. C.B.

2017 HCHS Boys Soccer ScheduleThurs., March 30 -- vs. Treynor (Won 3-0)Fri., March 31 -- vs. Underwood (Won 1-0, 2 OT)Mon., April 10 -- vs. Kuemper Catholic (Won 3-0)Thurs., April 13 -- at Creighton Univ. -- vs.

    STORY CITY - Bruce Leuschen, 59, DVM, Story City, died Friday, April 14, 2017, at his home.

GRAND ISLAND, NE -- John Richard Eilts, 82, Grand Island, NE, died Sunday, April 16 at CHI Skilled Care.    A graveside service was held Thursday, April 20 at 2:30 p.m.

HARLAN -- Harlan Community High School students spent Thursday, April 13 helping clean up communities in the school district as part of the annual Community Service Day.The event has become a huge success over the years as students fan out across the communities and give back to those who have supported the school district so well through the years.  (Photos by Kim Wegener)

HARLAN – The Harlan Community School District has approved its 2017-18 fiscal year budget, highlighted by a total tax asking increase of $253,270 fueled by an overall increase in property valuations in Shelby County.    The HCS Board of Education approved the budget last month.  Overall taxable valuations increased approximately $18.1 million, from $510,002,298 to $528,198,600, bringing in $210,600 in additional property tax revenue (included