DENISON -- Rachel Lenz of Vail and Brock Travis of Harlan will exchange marrige vows on August 11 at The Stables at Copper Ridge in Denison.    Parents of the couple are Gary and Shelli Lenz, Vail; and Marvin and Leanne Travis, Harlan.

    HARLAN -- Kevin and Kathy Campbell of Harlan announce the engagement of their daughter, Shenandoah Rae to Dakota Wayne Black both of Gulf Breeze, FL. Dakota is the son of Kirk and Teresa Black, Grand Junction, CO; and Darla and Tom Hall, York, NC.    The couple will marry on September 1 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan.

 HARLAN -- With the 2018 season opener just three weeks away, the Harlan Community football team is holding its annual Cyclone Camp of Champions this week (July 30-August 3) at Merrill Field. According to HCHS head coach Curt Bladt, this year’s high school camp includes 80-85 players while the four-day middle school camp for grades 7-8 includes 48 players.

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community senior defensive end Jake McLaughlin recently made his verbal commitment to play football at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls starting in the fall of 2019.

 PORTSMOUTH (July 29) -- Top-seeded Council Bluffs plated three runs in the bottom of the first and cruised to an 11-1, seven-inning win over Portsmouth in Sunday’s championship game of the Iowa Western Baseball League Tournament. Council Bluffs outhit Portsmouth 13-6 and capped the scoring with a five-run fifth inning. Matt Brown led C.B. with three hits, including a home run.

 IOWA CITY -- Harlan Community seniors Jared Moser and Ryan Doran will play for head coach Steve Daeges one last time this weekend as part of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Series at Duane Banks Field in Iowa City. Moser, a catcher, and Doran, a first baseman, have been selected to play for the Small Schools West Squad, with Daeges serving as the head coach.

 DES MOINES (July 31) -- Class 3A state runner-up Harlan Community had three players recognized on the 2018 All-State Baseball teams released Tuesday by the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association. HCHS junior pitcher Brett Sears and senior first baseman Ryan Doran were both named to the 3A first team while senior outfielder Nick Foss was a second-teamer. All three players have contributed to the Cyclones’ four-year run of state title game appea

    HARLAN -- Amy Mellinger and Tommy Lee Stinn both of Omaha will marry on August 18 in a ceremony at Veteran’s Auditorium in Harlan.    Parents of the couple are Ann Mellinger, Portsmouth, and the late Tim Mellinger; and Lee and Kathy Stinn, Harlan. 

    HARLAN – Virgil I. Koppold, 88, died on Thursday, July 26. Family will greet friends on Tuesday, July 31 from 9 a.m. -  11 a.m. at St.