ELK HORN -- Former Harlan resident Lucille Winther will mark her 98th birthday on July 31. A card shower is planned in her honor.    Cards will reach her if sent to Salem Lutheran Homes, P.O. Box 358, Elk Horn, IA 51531.

    BONDURANT -- Maci Sue Lane of Ankeny and Garrett Jay Andersen of Council Bluffs were married on April 28, 2019 at the Irishman Acres Clover Barn in Bondurant. Pastor John Wagner of the Ankeny First United Methodist Church performed the 1 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Scott and Pam Lane, Ankeny; and Darin and Lori Andersen, Council Bluffs

 BOONE (July 13) -- At the halfway point of Saturday’s Class 4A regional softball semifinal, Harlan Community and Boone appeared destined for a down-to-the-wire finish. Thirty minutes later, the Cyclones could only reflect on how quickly it all came unraveled. The host Toreadors led 1-0 as they came to bat in the bottom of the fourth - a nightmare of a half inning for HCHS that finally ended when Boone walked off the field with a 12-0, mercy-r

 HARLAN (July 11) -- The Harlan Community softball team’s first tournament win in four years was more of a nail-biter than expected, but well worth the wait and the drama. Trailing a five-win Perry team 2-0 and down to their last six outs, the Cyclones scored one run in the sixth and two in the seventh - capped by Morgan Schaben’s walk-off RBI single - to rally past the Jayettes 3-2 in a Class 4A first round regional game Thursday at H.

 AVOCA (July 13) -- A five-run first inning provided more than enough support for junior pitcher Clayton Akers here Saturday night as AHSTW opened the Class 1A district baseball tournament with an 8-0 quarterfinal victory over Fremont-Mills. Akers (4-3) pitched six scoreless innings in just 63 pitches, allowing five hits, walking none and striking out four.

 COON RAPIDS (July 13) -- Trailing 5-1 early on, the IKM-Manning baseball team rallied to keep its season alive here Saturday with a 7-6 win over Ar-We-Va in a Class 1A district quarterfinal. The game ended in bizarre fashion in the bottom of the seventh as the Rockets threatened to tie the score or win.

 HARLAN (July 12) -- Brett Sears homered and pitched five strong innings on Friday as the Harlan Community baseball team snapped a quick two-game losing skid with a 10-2 home win over Le Mars. Sears (7-1) allowed three hits and two runs (one earned) in his five-inning stint against the Bulldogs (12-15), striking out eight, walking one and hitting a batter.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (July 11) -- The Harlan Community baseball team was unable to rally back from an early 7-1 deficit at St. Albert Thursday night and lost an 11-6 decision in both teams’ Hawkeye Ten Conference finale. HCHS finished 15-5 inside the conference, tying Glenwood for second place behind Lewis Central. St.

 HARLAN (July 9) -- Dallas Center-Grimes broke open a tie game with four runs in the top of the sixth and held off Harlan Community 7-5 in non-conference baseball action last Tuesday night. Trailing 7-2, HCHS rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh before the game ended on Derec Weyer’s hard line drive to shortstop with a runner on base. DC-G (21-10) was led by six-hole hitter Bryce Jermier, who belted a pair of home runs and finis