Newly-appointed District 3 Harlan Community Schools Board Member Seth Piro was sworn into office Wednesday.  He will serve until the next election.  An article in this week's Harlan News-Advertiser erroneously reported he would serve the remainder of the vacant term through November, 2021.  The Harlan Newspapers regrets the error.  Read all about Seth Piro and his educational background in this week's NA.

   DES MOINES -- The Harlan Community track teams combined to qualify 22 entries for the 2019 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines.

 DES MOINES -- The girls and boys track teams from Harlan Community, IKM-Manning and AHSTW have combined to qualify 49 entries for the 2019 Co-Ed State Track and Field Championships at Drake Stadium (May 16-18).

 CARROLL (May 10) -- On the state’s biggest night of the year for high school track and field, Harlan Community showed up ready to roll at Friday’s Class 3A State Qualifying Meet in Carroll. The Cyclone boys tied for third place out of eight teams with 115 points and, more importantly, qualified 14 entries in 13 events for the state meet in Des Moines (Thursday-Saturday, May 16-18). The Cyclone girls placed fifth with 92 points and qualified e

 GRISWOLD (May 10) -- The IKM-Manning boys earned a championship banner and the AHSTW girls placed second at Friday’s Class 1A State Qualifying Track Meet in Griswold. Together, the two area schools combined to qualify 27 entries for the State Track and Field Championships in Des Moines later this week (May 16-18). IKM-M ran away with the boys team title, scoring 145 points and qualifying for state in 10 events.

 REGIONAL (May 10) -- The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and IKM-Manning boys golf teams both advanced from sectionals to district play on Friday and will play again May 16-17 in an attempt to get back to the state meet. Exira-EHK placed first at the Logan-Missouri Valley Country Club with a team score of 330, led by medalist Ev Carroll’s 72.

    MINDEN -- Madeline Mae Ehlers, 91, Minden, died May 21 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Services will be held Friday, May 24 at 4 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Tivoli Fest, Elk Horn’s annual Danish festival celebrating their Danish heritage, was a fun and exciting time for Danes as well as visitors from around Iowa and the nation.  With the rise in new businesses coming to town, the Museum of Danish America becoming accredited and the historic Danish Windmill being restored to working condition again, they had many reasons to celebrate!    This 40th annual festival was packed with an

    HARLAN -- Librarians put a lot of work into making sure their services stay relevant to the times. For Kristen Bieret, Harlan’s adult services librarian, that meant bringing the concept of an escape room to the Harlan Community Library.    Escape rooms are entertainment venues cropping up in cities everywhere: participants sign up to get locked into a room with a group of people for a set period of time.