DENISON -- Lauren Borkowski and Nate Botine announce their engagement.    Lauren is the daughter of Dave and Pam Borkowski, Irwin. Nate is the son of Brad Botine, Storm Lake; and Desiree Valentine.    The couple will marry on October 7 at the First United Methodist Church in Denison.

AVOCA -- Former Elk Horn resident Mabel Madsen will be honored at an open house for her 90th birthday on Saturday, April 29 from 1-3:30 p.m. at Avoca Lodge, Avoca. Family and friends are invited to attend.    She has two daughters, Ellen and Tim Eifert, Fremont, NE; and Renee Madsen, Omaha. Mabel’s husband is the late Robert Madsen.

 HARLAN -- Whether or not the Harlan Community boys track team wins a single meet title in 2017 is inconsequential to head coach Sam Brummer. As long as the Cyclones are showing improvement against tough competition throughout the season, Brummer is optimistic about his team’s chances for success come mid-to-late May. HCHS continued that trend at Merrill Field on Tuesday with a fourth-place finish in the Ken Carstens Cyclone Invitational, scor

 EARLHAM -- Allison Bruck’s meet record time in the 100-meter hurdles marked one of five Harlan Community gold medals on Tuesday night as the Cyclone girls placed second to Panorama at the Earlham Cardinal Co-Ed Relays. Bruck, who ranks among the state’s top eight in her feature event with a time of 15.36 seconds, clocked 15.72 to break Earlham’s meet and stadium records.

 HARLAN -- Battling wind chills below 30 degrees and a physical Hawkeye Ten opponent, the Harlan Community boys soccer team scored all three of its goals in a tight 10-minute window Monday night to beat Kuemper Catholic 3-0 in its conference opener at Merrill Field. HCHS improved to 3-0 overall while the Knights slipped to 0-2. The match remained scoreless until the 26:30 mark of the second half, when Cyclone junior Alex Wingert followed up hi

 HARLAN -- It didn’t result in a win, or even any goals, but progress was evident Monday night as the Harlan Community girls soccer team took on 10th-ranked (1-A) Tri-Center at Merrill Field. Battling brutal conditions - cold and wind - as well as a formidable opponent, HCHS showed improvement on multiple fronts in a 3-0 loss to the Trojans. Tillie Heim scored two first-half goals for T-C, including one on a short-range free kick, and Alyssa B

 HARLAN -- The number two doubles team of Nicole Lange and Brooke Nelson picked up Harlan Community’s first varsity win of the season here Tuesday (April 11) as the Cyclone tennis girls lost an 8-1 dual decision vs. Lewis Central.

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Fire Department had the opportunity on April 3 to perform some very practical training on a vacant structure at 505 Dye St. that needed demolition. Harlan Fire Chief Roger Bissen said the live training event was very successful and the training officers reached objectives on training for offensive attack: Interior fire attack, search and rescue, ventilation, accountability.

HARLAN – The City of Harlan has filed a petition for title to abandoned property for a residence owned by defendant Charlotte Frank at 1508 6th St.    Also named as defendants in the petition are unknown spouse of Frank, party in possession, Conservative Savings Bank FSB Midland Funding LLC, Tax 105 Partnership and Shelby County.    According to the petition, the city claims the property is currently abandoned, unoccupied, exposed to the eleme