COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Maggie Langenfeld and Amber Gross both earned second-team all-conference status on Tuesday, leading Harlan Community to a fourth-place finish at the Hawkeye Ten Conference Girls Golf Tournament held at Council Bluffs’ Fox Run Golf Club. Langenfeld placed ninth out of 12 medalists with an 18-hole score of 92 that feature a 42 on the back nine.

 AVOCA -- The losing streak is over for the Harlan Community girls soccer team. Getting a career-high four goals from junior forward Haley Arkfeld, the Cyclones took an early 2-0 lead and never trailed in Tuesday’s non-conference game at AHSTW, posting a 4-2 win that stopped a nine-game, five-week slide. HCHS improved to 2-9 on the year while AHSTW fell to 3-4 overall.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW boys soccer team improved to 6-4 overall here Tuesday night with a 7-2 victory over Clarinda Academy. Viking senior Chase Jacobsen completed a three-goal hat trick with 15:10 left in the match while Rudy Herrera, Preslyn Grobe, Dawson Martin and Gabe Madsen scored one goal apiece.

    MANILLA -- Garnet Mae Axland, 93, Manilla, died May 20 at the Manilla Manor.    Services were held Monday, May 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St.

    OMAHA -- Marjorie Mignon Leinen, 92, Omaha, NE, died May 17 at Montclair Nursing and Rehab Center.    Services were held Saturday, May 21 at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St.

    HARLAN -- Leona Mae Ferry Erb, 95, Harlan, died May 19 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, May 24 at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery at Kirkman.  A prayer service was held Monday, May 23 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation was Monday from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Christopher and Mary Tepe of Harlan celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on May 18.    Their children are Marielle Tepe, a student at Millikin University, Decatur, IL; Ethan Tepe and Jonathan Tepe both of Harlan.

    DEFIANCE -- Anna Grace Krieger and Jacob David Heller both of Sioux City were married at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance on December 5, 2015. Father Guthrie Dolan performed the 5:30 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Amy Stoneking, Carroll; Marvin Krieger, Scranton; and David and Bonnie Heller, Irwin.

    HARLAN -- Sarah Muller, Pella, has joined the Harlan Newspapers as summer intern.    She is a junior studying journalism and mass communication with a minor in political science at Iowa State University.    Muller wishes to have a job in the reporting field after graduation.    “One of my advisors at Iowa State, Mark Witherspoon, always says that journalism is one of the best public services and I can’t help but agree with him,” Muller sai