TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Kjeld Madsen, 72, Tallahassee, FL, died November 4 in Tallahassee. Services were held Friday, Nov. 13 in Tallahassee. Madsen is formerly of the Corley area. He is survived by his wife, Judith L.
OMAHA -- David Alfred Walter, 71, Omaha, died November 21 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center. Services will be held Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday from 10-11 a.m.
PANAMA -- Amber Leinen and Jake Knudsen both of Atlantic were married on June 6, 2015 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Panama. The 2:30 p.m. double ring ceremony was performed by Father Mike Peters. Parents of the couple are Steve and DeeDee Leinen, Panama; and Kirk and Joni Knudsen, Atlantic.
CEDAR RAPIDS -- For the last two years, Harlan Community’s volleyball and girls basketball teams have established a minor monopoly on Class 4-A state championships, showing incredible will to win while claiming back-to-back titles in both sports. The Cyclone dynasty hit a speed bump on Friday, but many of the same players who have won so often with dignity and class exhibited similar levels of grace and character in defeat. HCHS simply lost t
CEDAR RAPIDS -- By the time it was over, Bishop Heelan coach Mary Miller had seen enough. Despite their best efforts, including a victory in set one, the Crusaders were unable to slow down Harlan Community senior Taylor Frederick long enough to pull the upset in Thursday’s Class 4-A State Volleyball Tournament semifinal match. Frederick opened and closed each of the last three sets with a kill to lead the 2nd-ranked Cyclones past the 8th-rank
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Perhaps it’s a sign of things to come later this week, or simply a validation of why the Harlan Community volleyball team is back at state for a fifth straight year to begin with. This much is certain: there have been more experienced, state champion Harlan teams with more firepower that did not play as composed and business-like in their state opener as the 2015 Cyclones did Tuesday inside the US Cellular Center. Trailing onl
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Janelle Sears of Westphalia was recognized prior to Harlan Community’s first round state volleyball match Tuesday as the school’s recipient of the Iowa Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award.
