JEFFERSON (Sept.

 LOGAN -- The IKM-Manning and AHSTW cross country teams combined to earn five individual medals, including three top-six finishes, at Tuesday’s Logan-Magnolia Invitational. The IKM-M boys placed seventh out of 12 full-squad teams with a score of 133 and the AHSTW boys took eighth with a 216. The Lady Vikes, meanwhile, placed sixth out of 12 girls teams with a 167. The IKM-Manning girls had just two runners competing but both fared quite well.

 WALNUT -- The AHSTW volleyball team placed second in Pool A and reached the championship bracket of its home tournament last Saturday (Aug.

 EXIRA -- The 2017 Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton football team returns 13 letter winners on a current roster of 28 players, but is a young group overall with just four seniors compared to seven juniors, 10 sophomores and seven freshmen. The Spartans, who were defeated by third-ranked Audubon 55-14 in last week’s 8-Player, non-district opener, will look to continue a seven-year run of playoff appearances this fall as Tom Petersen’s squad also rebui

 SHENANDOAH -- Junior running backs Gabe Pauley and Korbin Martin both rushed for more than 100 yards and two touchdowns last Friday night (August 25) as AHSTW opened the football season with a commanding 55-18 non-district win at Shenandoah. Pauley carried the ball 10 times for 163 yards and Martin added 115 yards on 11 attempts, including a 56-yard scoring run to open the second half. The Vikings led 28-14 at halftime before pulling away wit

    ATLANTIC -- Jeff Jensen, 62, Atlantic, died September 3 at his home.    Services will be held Monday, Sept. 11 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Atlantic with burial in the Atlantic Cemetery.  Visitation will be Sunday, Sept. 10 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 4-7 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Edward “Eddie” Mathiasen, Jr., 91, Elk Horn, died September 2 at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn.    Services will be held Friday, Sept. 8 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville.  Visitation will be Thursday, Sept. 7 from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

HARLAN -- U.S. Sen.

HARLAN -- Soil and water quality are increasingly on farmers’ minds these days as they consider ways to reduce erosion, as well as nitrogen leaving their farms.