HARLAN -- Cletus and Mary Jane Gubbels of Harlan will mark their 50th wedding anniversary on August 5. Their two daughters are planning a card shower in their honor. Cards will reach them if sent to 1306 Lincoln Ave., Harlan, IA 51537.
MISSOURI VALLEY -- Ruth Marie (Eckermann) Barker of Missouri Valley will celebrate her 90th birthday on Saturday, August 5 at an open house from 2-4 p.m. at 806 Grove in Missouri Valley. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. The celebration will be hosted by her children and grandchildren.
TORONTO, IA -- Marcie Stevenson and Ryan Fahn both of Grimes will wed on September 16 at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Toronto. Parents of the couple are Terry and Mary Stevenson, Wheatland, IA; and Jamie and Mary Fahn, Portsmouth.
DES MOINES (July 27) -- Harlan Community and Sioux City Bishop Heelan won’t need a formal introduction when the two teams get together for Friday’s 11 a.m.
DES MOINES (July 25) -- With recent history as the guide, this one was vintage Harlan Community. A fast start with the bats, stingy pitching and game-changing defensive plays all added up to another victory Tuesday night as the top-ranked Cyclones defeated Oskaloosa 6-0 in a Class 3-A state baseball tournament quarterfinal at Principal Park. Improving to 6-1 in their last seven state tournament games, the defending state champions will take a
DES MOINES (July 24) -- Perhaps sophomore Brett Sears said it best following Harlan Community’s 10-2 substate win over Denison-Schleswig last Wednesday. “We can kind of relax now, have a little fun and try to go do what we do at state,” said Sears, a third-year starter who has yet to end a varsity baseball season in anything but the 3-A state championship game. HCHS returns to the State Baseball Tournament in Des Moines this week for the seve
PORTSMOUTH -- A 70th anniversary reunion of Iowa Western Baseball League Old-Timers will take place during the St. Mary’s Portsmouth Picnic on Sunday, July 30, in conjunction with the IWL Tournament championship game. The Old Timers include players who have participated in the league between 1947 and 2017. Old-Timer registration will start at 12:30 p.m.
STATE -- Harlan Community junior Keaton Jones and AHSTW senior Preslyn Grobe both received honorable mention All-State recognition in June from the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association following outstanding 2017 seasons for the Cyclones and Vikings, respectively. Jones, a junior goalie, was named to the Class 2-A honorable mention list after helping the Cyclones finish 15-3 overall this past season (a school record for wins) and finish
STATE -- Four members of the 2017 Harlan Community boys soccer team were named to the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association’s 2017 Academic All-State teams in June. The list includes two first-team selections and two second-team selections in Class 2-A. Junior midfielder Drew Voge and senior defender Alan Holloway were both named to the first team while senior defender Wren Koch and senior forward Jacob Henry earned second-team honors.
