AVOCA -- Kandy Jo (McGurren) Dea, 56, Avoca, died April 29 at her home.    Services will be held Wednesday, May 4 at 11 a.m. at Walnut High School with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut.  Visitation is Tuesday, May 3 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Patsy Jean Petersen, 87, Elk Horn, died April 27 at the Salem Lutheran Home.    Services were held Saturday. April 30 at 10:30 a.m.

 CARROLL -- The Harlan Community boys have yet to win a team title in eight outdoor track meets this spring, but that’s just fine with head coach Sam Brummer. Competing against tough competition night in and night out and observing where the Cyclones’ top performers currently rank in Class 3-A, Brummer is excited for what lies ahead in the final four weeks of the season. Highlighted by another strong showing in the field events, including Marc

 DES MOINES -- The Harlan Community and AHSTW boys track teams have qualified a combined five entries for this week’s 107th annual Drake Relays in Des Moines. High school events will be held Thursday-Saturday, April 28-30, in conjunction with competition at the college and university levels, Rio Olympic Games previews, Special Elite Invitationals and Masters Division events.

 MANILLA -- The IKM-Manning golf teams secured three out of four medalist spots Friday and earned a co-ed dual sweep over Tri-Center at the Manning-Manilla Golf Course. The IKM-M girls won by seven strokes (240-247) and the boys won by 31 strokes (170-201) in near-perfect playing conditions. Wolves’ senior Jared Vollstedt was the boys medalist after shooting a 5-over-par round of 41 and teammate Austin Ahrenholtz was the runner-up medalist, al

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community graduate and current Iowa State standout Jess Schaben will serve as a guest clinician at the 2016 Harlan Community Cyclone Volleyball Camps, set for Thursday-Friday, June 9-10. The camp will be divided into four sections. Grades 9-12 will meet from 8:00-10:00 a.m. and grades 6-8 will meet from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. both days in the high school gym. Grades 3-5 will meet from 8:30-10:00 a.m.

 GLENWOOD -- Glenwood boys basketball coach Curt Schulte was recognized following the season as the Class 3-A, Substate 8 Coach of the Year by the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association. Curt is a 1989 Harlan Community graduate and the son of Harold and Pearl Schulte, rural Earling. Schulte guided the Glenwood boys to a 19-5 record this past season, marking the second-most wins in school history.

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community studies teacher and coach John Murtaugh has been named the new defensive coordinator of the HCHS football team, replacing long-time assistant coach Ken Carstens, who retired following the 2015 season. Murtaugh has been the Cyclones’ head wrestling coach the last 13 years and has been involved with the Cyclone football program since 2005, serving as the defensive coordinator of the freshmen team for 11 years.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team lost all nine varsity matches against Shenandoah here Thursday, dropping the Cyclones to 0-4 on the season. The Fillies improved to 5-0. Senior Maggie McGrath played the most competitive singles match for HCHS, losing 8-4 to Jordyn Lembrick. The Cyclone girls will play four meets on the road this week: Monday at Atlantic, Tuesday at St.