HARLAN -- Elmer Wageman, 92, Harlan, died February 3 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance.  A wake service will be held Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation is Friday, Feb. 24 from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Christian Frederick Johannsen, 46, Harlan, died February 2 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services were held Monday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m.

    HARLAN – The annual Pink Out event at Harlan Community High School to raise awareness of and funding for cancer research was considered a huge success last Friday.    HCHS’s Nancy Osborn said, “It is always an honor to host an event such as this, and although we did not specify an honored survivor, we wanted to make sure all cancer survivors were honored.

    HARLAN -- Harlan Community High School Athletic Director and Head Boys’ Basketball Coach Mitch Osborn has been named a finalist for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association national coach of the year in boys basketball, it was announced this week.    Eight finalists from across the nation will be honored during The National Coach of the Year Awards Banquet which will take place at the National High School Athletic Coaches Asso

    HARLAN – Harlan Community Schools continues to outperform its counterparts across Iowa in many areas, the most recent being the Iowa Postsecondary Readiness Report released by the Iowa Department of Education.    The purpose of the report is to support state and local efforts to meet the goal that all Iowa students are prepared for success beyond high school.  The report includes information on enrollment in colleges and universities, reme

    HARLAN – HCS Superintendent of Schools Justin Wagner’s annual evaluation was held Monday, Jan. 23, with no action taken by the HCS Board of Education after a nearly one hour closed session meeting.    The board entered closed session at 4:55 p.m. and re-entered open session at 5:48 p.m.

 CARROLL -- Harlan Community senior Brandon Trevino has battled through injuries and illness during his final prep wrestling season, making his accomplishments on Saturday all the more rewarding and impressive. Trevino picked up three wins in the Hawkeye Ten Conference Tournament at Kuemper Catholic, becoming the third Cyclone senior this month to surpass 100 career victories en route to a second-place finish in the 120-pound bracket. Already

 HARLAN -- Point guard Caleb Rasmussen is listed as a six-footer on the Harlan Community boys basketball roster.

 DENISON -- Led by Caleb Rasmussen’s 25 points and five assists, Harlan Community used a strong second half to post a 67-51 win at Denison-Schleswig Thursday night and sweep the season series. The game did not count in the Hawkeye Ten standings as HCHS won the conference meeting 76-72 in December. Rasmussen shot 8-of-13 from the field and 9-of-15 at the free throw line, helping the Cyclones outscore the Monarchs 37-24 in the second half after