ELK HORN -- Salem Lutheran Homes and Rehabilitation Center announced today that construction will begin on the expansion of its dining room June 6.    The project will add space for veterans’ activities to build upon being the only Veterans Certified facility in the area, allow Salem Homes to book events for larger community attendance, and refurbish the current dining room so that residents may have a restaurant-like dining experience.  

    HARLAN -- The search for Harlan’s new management structure officially began this week, as the city’s Personnel and Finance Committee Wednesday, May 18 brought in a representative of the Institute of Public Affairs from the University of Iowa.    Jeff Schott, program director,  and Mark Miller, senior advisor of the Iowa City/County Management Association, met with committee members Mike Kolbe, Dave Miller and Sharon Kroger, to lay out the

    ASHLAND, NE -- Kelli Goeser and Jason Florell both of South Bend, NE, were married on April 2, 2016 in an outdoor ceremony at Ashland Golf Club.    Parents of the couple are Bruce and Julie Goeser, Harlan; and Gene and Barb Florell, Elm Creek, NE.

 GLENWOOD -- For the second straight year, Harlan Community has qualified a combined 17 boys and girls entries for the 2016 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines. Both Cyclone squads placed fifth at Thursday night’s Class 3-A State Qualifying Meet in Glenwood. More importantly, they each qualified eight events for the state meet, set for Thursday through Saturday (May 19-21) at Drake Stadium.

 TREYNOR -- AHSTW sophomore Gage Clay qualified two events for state while Lady Vike junior Jaycie Schueman advanced in one event at Thursday’s Class 2-A Co-Ed State Qualifying Track Meet in Treynor. Clay, who placed 12th in the Drake Relays’ 100-meter dash last month, won both the 100 and 200-meter sprints on Thursday, including a new personal-best time of 22.48 seconds in the 200. His winning time in the 100 was 11.23.

 GRISWOLD -- Three Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton athletes combined to qualify for state in four events with their efforts at Thursday’s Class 1-A Co-Ed State Qualifying Meet in Griswold. Spartan junior Emily Copic earned state bids with second-place finishes in both the 3,000 and 1,500-meter runs. Her season-best times of 11:45.16 and 5:22.62 rank 11th and 15th, respectively among 1-A qualifiers.

 MANSON -- The IKM-Manning track teams both placed in the top three of Thursday’s Class 1-A State Qualifying Meet at Manson, combining to qualify four relays and one individual event for this week’s Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines (May 19-21). The Wolves placed second in the boys team standings with 85 points, trailing only Manson Northwest Webster’s 125.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community girls tennis team picked up its second dual win of the year on Thursday with a 9-0 victory over Audubon. The Cyclones competed at their conference tournament Monday and will go to the regional tourney at Red Oak Thursday.

 RED OAK -- On April 19, the Harlan Community boys tennis team lost a 9-0 dual meet decision at Glenwood that dropped its season record to 3-4 overall. Three weeks and five dual wins later, the Cyclones are a much stronger team in May and the results bore that out at Tuesday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference Boys Tennis Tournament in Red Oak. Highlighted by Josh Cheek and Kaleb Kaster placing first in the number two doubles bracket, HCHS finished sixth