TREYNOR (June 17) -- Ethan Carter’s fifth-inning, two-run single gave IKM-Manning a brief 2-1 lead at Treynor Monday night, but the fourth-ranked (2A) Cardinals responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning and went on to beat the Wolves 7-2 and complete a sweep of the season series. IKM-Manning was much more competitive than the first time around - a 17-1 loss in Manilla - but still fell to 3-10 in Western Iowa Conference play and 4-1

    KIMBALLTON -- Julie A. Mortensen, Kimballton, died Thursday, June 27 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Wednesday, July 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton. Burial will be in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Kimballton.         Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 2 from 3-8 p.m.

 REGIONAL (June 14) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its district baseball assignments for Class 2A and 1A schools last Friday, placing area teams AHSTW, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning in separate Class 1A districts.
Class 1A, Substate 7 Baseball
DISTRICT 13: Bedford, East Union, Griswold, Lamoni, Lenox, Martensdale-St. Marys, Murray, Southwest Valley.

 FORT DODGE (June 15) -- Harlan Community finished with a 1-2 record at the Fort Dodge Softball Tournament last weekend, advancing to the 11th/12th place final before thunderstorms wiped out several of the consolation games at the Rogers Sports Complex. The 14th-ranked (Class 4A) Cyclones lost to No.

    HARLAN -- Dale Hemminger, 71, Harlan, died Tuesday, June 25.  Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.
See a PDF below of their obituary, if one was provided by the family or funeral home.

    IRWIN -- George Henry Steenhusen, 85, Irwin, died June 24 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Friday, June 28 at 11 a.m. at Church of Christ in Irwin with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin.  A prayer service was held Thursday, June 27 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation was Thursday from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    SHELBY -- The WHO Tractor Ride was a huge success Tuesday, June 25 as it made its way to Carstens Farm, Shelby.     The riders were based in Council Bluffs and took day excursions, and had lunch in Shelby Tuesday. 

    HARLAN – Lynn Johnson has been hired to serve the Harlan Community School District as interim superintendent for the 2019-20 school year.    School officials said Johnson was identified as the right choice to lead the district after hearing feedback from a mixed interview team, tour guides and full consideration of the candidates’ experience and qualifications.

    HARLAN – A vote of school patrons of the Harlan Community Schools for the continuation of the district’s Instructional Support Levy and Physical Plant and Equipment Levy tentatively has been pushed back to the November general election.    The HCS Board of Education initially considered a September date for the vote, but has decided to wait until the November election for a variety of reasons, including cost savings, allowing the newly-app