HARLAN --  Pioneer Park will be vibrant with multiple different artistic activities in full swing at Art in the Park on Sunday, June 5, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.    “This year’s Art in the Park has some of the strongest artists we’ve ever had,” said Kris Olson-Harmon, art coordinator. “They’re gallery artists, which mean many of them have their own galleries.”    Olson-Harmon explains that the function is family friendly and interactive.

 GLENWOOD -- A season plagued by frustrating overtime losses as well as lopsided defeats came to an end for the Harlan Community girls soccer team Friday when Glenwood punched in five second-half goals to beat the Cyclones 5-0 in a Class 2-A, Region 2 quarterfinal. HCHS played with good energy and also dodged a few bullets to reach halftime in a scoreless tie, but the Rams scored three times in a seven-and-a-half minute span early in the secon

 SIOUX CITY -- Harlan Community played hard and hung close, but simply didn’t have enough possession time or shots to save its season in Wednesday’s Class 2-A substate semifinal boys soccer game at Sioux City Bishop Heelan. The third-ranked Crusaders scored off a free kick just 52 seconds into the match, then added a penalty kick in the 26th minute and a third goal midway through the second half to beat the Cyclones, 3-1, at Memorial Field. Bi

 NORWALK -- AHSTW gave the state’s seventh-rated team all it could handle last Wednesday night, but an Alex Pringle header goal with 2:01 remaining lifted Pella Christian past the Vikings, 2-1, in a Class 1-A, Substate 7 boys soccer semifinal at Norwalk. AHSTW trailed 1-0 for most of the second half until Dawson Martin’s 25-yard crossing goal knotted the score with just 6:34 to play. With overtime imminent, however, the Eagles sent a 20-yard f

 CARROLL -- The Harlan Community girls golf team finished just five strokes away from qualifying for the state meet last Monday (May 23), placing third out of 11 teams in the Class 4-A, Region 1 Final Tournament held at the Carroll Country Club. Creston shot a fantastic score of 349 to claim the team title by 30 strokes over second-place Spencer, which also advanced to state with a 379.

 SIOUX CITY -- One week into the high school baseball season, the only opponent causing Harlan Community any trouble is Mother Nature. The Cyclones’ home game vs.

 MANILLA -- Jared Vollstedt pitched six scoreless innings of four-hit ball last Tuesday as the IKM-Manning baseball team beat AHSTW, 4-0, in the season opener for both teams. Vollstedt struck out eight batters and walked just one before Sam Gross struck out the side in a scoreless seventh. Jay Heiny, Chase Jacobsen, Zach Hagadon and Cain Francois all hit a single for AHSTW.

 DENISON -- The difference between state and the end of the season came down to four strokes for the Harlan Community boys golf team. The Cyclones scored a 329 at the Class 3-A District Tournament on May 20, placing third behind Atlantic (314) and MOC-Floyd Valley (325), who both advanced to the state meet.

 IRWIN -- IKM-Manning senior Abbey Youngren set a school record by blasting her 26th career home run last Tuesday night as the Wolves softball team topped AHSTW 11-0 in five innings. Youngren and Vanessa Freese hit back-to-back home runs during IKM-M’s seven-run fourth inning.