COUNCIL BLUFFS (Feb. 25) -- The IKM-Manning boys basketball team entered last Tuesday’s halftime break tied 22-22 with St. Albert and feeling good about its first-half game plan. Offensively, the Wolves scored from inside and outside and had six players knock down at least one shot.

    ELK HORN -- Lyle Petersen, 90, Elk Horn, died March 11 at his home.    Services were held Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Jim Jensen, 84, Harlan, died Tuesday, March 10 in Council Bluffs.    Services will be held Saturday, March 14 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Bowman’s Grove Cemetery in rural Shelby County.  Friends may call Friday, March 13 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Marion Cornilsen, 91, Elk Horn, died March 9 at the Salem Lutheran Home.    Services were held Thursday, March 12 at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church Grand Mound with burial in the Clinton Lawn Cemetery in Clinton.  Visitation was Thursday from 9:30-11 a.m.

After 34 years of successful Home Shows held each spring in Harlan’s Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, the Harlan Newspapers is offering a different kind of event this year.

    WEST DES MOINES -- Nicole E. Braatz and James E. Muell both of Windsor Heights exchanged marriage vows on September 21, 2019 at St. Joseph Chapel at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines. Father Mike McLaughlin performed the 3 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the bride are Bonnie Braatz, West Des Moines; and Jerry and Sandra Braatz, Adel. Parents of the groom are Dan and Deb Muell, Portsmouth.
 

    OMAHA, NE -- Former Shelby County resident Jay Hanson is starring in the Omaha Community Playhouse’s production of Once, running now through March 22 in Omaha.    Once opened February 22 at the Hawks Mainstate Theatre, with performances being held Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through March.
 

    HARLAN -- Iowa Gov.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Jazz Experience has qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships by placing first at the district jazz festival last month, and will perform Tuesday, April 7 on the campus of Iowa State University with hopes of securing a state title.    Performance time for Harlan Community will be 12:45 p.m.