AUDUBON -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team picked up their first meet win of the season on Thursday, April 13, scoring a 9-0 victory at Audubon. All nine varsity matches were decided by scores of 8-0, 8-1, 8-2 or 8-3. The 8-0 decisions were recorded by Nicole Lange in singles play as well as the doubles team of Lexie Bruns and Taylor Andersen. HCHS also won two out of three junior varsity matches.

 AVOCA -- The AHSTW boys soccer team picked up a pair of hard-fought home wins earlier this week, improving to 4-0 overall with victories of 3-1 over St. Albert Monday and 2-1 over Treynor on Tuesday. AHSTW 3, St. Albert 1 - Senior Preslyn Grobe scored a pair of goals and sophomore Kyle Branan added another as the Vikings notched an impressive non-conference win on Monday.

 SPENCER -- All six of Harlan Community’s golfers shot under 90 and finished in the top half of the field as the Cyclones placed fourth out of 13 teams at Monday’s Spencer Boys Golf Invitational. HCHS junior Kevin Campbell scored a 37 on the back nine and finished with a 5-over-par round of 77 to tie for eighth place out of 74 players in the field and earn a medal.

 HARLAN -- Glenwood and Kuemper Catholic posted the top five rounds of the day and both outscored Harlan Community in a boys golf triangular Tuesday (April 18) at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. Paced by three scores of 39, Glenwood won the meet with a team score of 159, followed by Kuemper’s 162 and the Cyclones’ 167.

HARLAN -- Forty-two Harlan FFA members traveled to Ames to the Iowa State University Campus April 9-11 to compete and participate in various State FFA activities, with great results including a team crowned state champion and qualifying for nationals.    On Monday, April 10, 21 of those members participated in Leadership Career Development Events in a very competitive field of participants from chapters around the state.

HARLAN - The Harlan Fire Department was called to a machine shed fire east of Harlan at the farm home of Bruce Heilesen, 1540 Hwy 44, on Sunday, April 23 at 4:38 p.m.    Upon the fire department’s arrival, the machine shed was engulfed in flames. Harlan Fire Chief Roger Bissen said Heilesen had suffered forearm and face burns while attempting to put out the fire and was transported by a family member to Myrtue Medical Center. 

HARLAN -- Julie DuVal has dedicated much of her life giving back to the Harlan community. The Harlan High School math teacher is a member of the First Baptist Church and has coached high school volleyball for 19 years.    DuVal was recently diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma and will likely need blood products as part of her treatment.

HARLAN – Harlan Community School’s non-certified staff, administrators and the superintendent have been awarded a 1.38 percent pay increase for the 2017-18 fiscal year.    The HCS Board of Education approved the raise at its meeting Wednesday, April 19.  Board members Lonnie Muxfeldt, Al Hazelton, Angie Monson, Joni Larsen, Amy Rueschenberg and Monte Schechinger approved the measure.  Kathy Mahlberg was absent.    Superintendent of Schools Jus

    SCOTLAND, SD -- Larye Johnson, 81, Scotland, SD, died Sunday, April 16 at Landmann-Jungman Memorial Hospital Avera in Scotland.    Services were held Saturday, April 22 at 10:30 a.m.