DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- Just five minutes prior to Saturday’s 100-meter dash final at the state track meet, AHSTW senior Drake Partridge was having his sore right thigh wrapped with tape. An hour later, incredibly enough, the Viking sprinter was celebrating - not one, but two - individual state championships inside Drake Stadium. During the course of a wild 68 minutes, Partridge raced to victory in the Class 1A 100, leaped into the arms of

 DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- From a powerful start in the discus Thursday morning to a fast finish in Saturday’s 4x400 relay, the Harlan Community boys track team left Des Moines with a lot to feel good about from the 2019 Co-Ed State Track Meet. The Cyclones qualified 14 entries in 13 events for state and took home six medals, placing 11th in Class 3A with 22 points - five more than their total from the previous three years combined. As the wea

 DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- Not many teams walk away from Iowa’s state track meet with a medal percentage of 85.7, but that’s exactly what the AHSTW girls accomplished last weekend inside Drake Stadium. Bringing home top-eight medals in six of the seven events they qualified, the Lady Vikes scored 22 points and finished in a three-way tie for 11th place in the Class 1A girls team standings. Led by junior Ryann Portch’s second-place effort in th

 DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- The IKM-Manning boys’ 4x800 relay squad was all about breaking the school record last Thursday at the Co-Ed State Track Meet in Des Moines.

 DES MOINES (May 16-18) -- It’s been two years since Gillian Streit won a state discus title for the Harlan Community girls track team and set the school record at 137 feet, 3 inches. If either of those feats are to be duplicated in the next couple of years, Cyclone sophomore Lauren Andersen will likely be the one to do it. Andersen provided the highlight of the 2019 state track meet for the HCHS girls last weekend, placing fourth in the Class

2019 Co-Ed State Track & Field Championships • May 16-18 • Des MoinesClass 3A Girls Team Scoring Top Five: 1. Glenwood 65, 2. Dubuque Wahlert 64.5, 3. Assumption 59, 4. Bishop Heelan 41, 5. (tie) Pella 40, Solon 40. Also in Top 20: T-9. Dallas Center-Grimes 27, 15. ADM 19.

    HARLAN -- Julie Bruck, 63, Harlan, died Tuesday, May 28 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.  Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    HARLAN -- Charlotte Frank, 85, Harlan, died Monday, May 27 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.  Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. 

    HARLAN -- Anna Mae Leuschen, 100, Harlan, died May 24 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Thursday, May 30 at 11 a.m. at St.