CARROLL -- Kuemper Catholic hit five 3-pointers during a pivotal 19-4 second-quarter run and got 22 points from senior standout Matt Dentlinger in beating IKM-Manning 76-53 in Tuesday night’s Class 2-A, District 15 final at Carroll High. The 2nd-ranked Knights (21-2) advanced to Saturday night’s Substate 8 final vs. Alta/Aurelia (21-1) at Denison. IKM-Manning finished the season at 16-7.

ELK HORN -- Finishing the first half on a mini-run, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton picked up right where it left off in the third quarter Tuesday night and beat Coon Rapids-Bayard, 58-51, in a Class 1-A boys district semifinal. The game was a rubber match between the Rolling Valley Conference rivals, who both won on the opponent’s home floor by seven points during the regular season. Tuesday’s seven-point win improved the Spartans to 18-5 overall a

    ATLANTIC -- A season of ups and downs ended abruptly for the Harlan Community boys basketball team Monday night as the Cyclones were bounced from tournament play by Adel-De Soto-Minburn.    The Tigers went on a 12-2 run in the second quarter and pulled away with a 16-3 second-half spurt to beat the Cyclones 65-51 in a Class 3-A, District 15 semifinal game at Atlantic. ADM (12-10) advanced to Thursday’s district final round against Atlantic

    DES MOINES – Harlan Community High School junior Keaton Jones placed in a tie for 27th out of 52 total bowlers at the Class 1-A Boys State Bowling Tournament held at Plaza Lanes in Des Moines on Monday.    Jones rolled individual games of 190 and 184 for a total score of 374.    Jones became just the second state qualifier in the history of the Cyclone boys bowling program after rolling a career-best 461 series at the Class 1-A State Quali

    HARLAN -- Leroy Allen Bubke, 74, Harlan, died February 24 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. at Morgan Township Cemetery in Schleswig.    Bubke is survived by sons Rick (Merry) Hadfield of Beaver Lake, NE, Mike (Paula) Hadfield of Harlan, and George Hadfield of St.

    ROANOKE, VA -- Troy Michael Bomstad, 50, Roanoke, VA, died February 18 at his home.    Services will be held Friday, March 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.  Visitation is Friday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Community Schools raised more than $250 last Tuesday evening for The Native Fund.  As part of the fundraiser, some staff were recipients of a pie in the face, including vocal director Chase Schoemaker.  Administering the blow is junior Kara Rueschenberg.  HCHS’s Ellen Keast is president of the Iowa Association of Student Councils, and said each year the group partners with a non-profit organization to help raise funds,

    ELK HORN – The first-annual Tivoli Fest World Aebleskiver Eating Championships will be held this year during the Tivoli Fest celebration in Elk Horn, with hopes of bringing professional eaters from across the nation to the community to show off their eating skills.    Major League Eating and International Federation of Competitive Eating officially have sanctioned the event, announcing it as a “delicious new culinary discipline” to add to

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Municipal Utilities and the City of Harlan will be increasing their contributions to the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, following actions this past week.    The HMU Board has agreed to increase its industrial development contribution from $25,000 to $40,000 beginning with the HMU fiscal year July 1. Management said the money would come equally from the electric and gas utilities budgets.