HARLAN - Preceded in death by mother, Myrna Christensen.  Survived by wife, Rita; children Marcus Christensen (fiancée, Amanda Barkhurst), Hannah Christensen, and John Christensen; grandchildren Brayden Gordon, Layne Albertson, and Jaxon Christensen; father, John Christensen (Verna); brothers: Scott (Cynthia), Jerry (Jenny), and Mike (Emily); nieces and nephews.    The family will receive friends on Wednesday, Jan.

    HARLAN - Alice A. Clemons died Sun., Dec. 31 in Harlan.

    ROGERS, AK - Janis (“Jami”) I. Jensen, 91, Rogers,  AK,  formerly of Harlan, died Sat., Dec, 2 at Jamestown Nursing Home.      She is survived by her husband former Harlan optometrist Robert Jensen, Rogers, AK; sons, Brent (Julie) Jensen, Scottsdale, AZ; Brad (Sandy) Jensen, Cedar Falls; Dr.

    HANCOCK - Darren Jon Towne, 47, died Sat., Dec. 23 at his home in Hancock.    Family will meet friends on Tues., Jan. 2 from noon to 1:30 p.m. with a visitation from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with services to follow at 1:30 p.m.

 NEOLA (Dec. 19) -- The IKM-Manning girls used a 23-3 second quarter run to pull away early and beat Tri-Center 66-18 on Tuesday night, improving to 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the Western Iowa Conference. The Wolves hit 11-of-21 three-pointers in the game, including 5-of-9 by Kia Rasmussen and 4-of-6 by Shauna Reitan.

 NEOLA (Dec. 19) -- Tri-Center outscored IKM-Manning 13-2 in the fourth quarter to finish off the Wolves 55-39 in a Western Iowa Conference boys basketball game here Tuesday night. IKM-M led 18-10 after one quarter but was outscored 45-21 the rest of the night.

 DENISON (Dec. 14) -- Bailey Schmitz paced a balanced Cyclone score sheet last Thursday as the Harlan Community boys bowling team won a competitive dual meet at Denison-Schleswig by the final of 2,564 pins to 2,488. Denison won the girls meet, 2,286 to 1,884. Rolling the Cyclones’ only 200 of the day, Bailey Schmitz finished with a two-game series of 372 (201, 171), followed by Lucas Schmitz (368), Devin Wilson (337) and Darren Stein (336).