MANNING -- The IKM-Manning volleyball team wrapped up a third-place finish in the Western Iowa Conference Thursday night by sweeping Logan-Magnolia, 25-14, 25-23, 25-22. The Wolves improved to 16-7 overall and finished with a WIC mark of 7-2, making them the third seed for this week’s conference volleyball tournament. Tri-Center won the regular-season title with a 9-0 mark while Treynor went 8-1.

 GLENWOOD -- Harlan Community finished with a 1-1 split at Tuesday night’s Hawkeye Ten volleyball triangular in Glenwood, defeating the host Rams in four sets before being swept by 7th-rated (2-A) St. Albert. HCHS nearly extended the St. Albert match but came up on the short end of a 30-28 decision in the third set. The Saintes, who also beat Glenwood in three, improved to 21-3 overall and 5-2 in the conference.

 HARLAN -- Say what you will about the first six games of the Harlan Community football season - just never call it boring. The Cyclones have scored 235 points (39.2 average) and allowed 252 at the two-thirds mark of the regular season, going 2-4 overall and 1-3 inside one of the toughest Class 3-A districts in the state. They’ve surrendered 154 points in losses against top-10 foes Creston/O-M, Glenwood and Carroll, but have been right there i

 WOODBINE -- Payton Sporrer of IKM-Manning placed third overall in the girls race and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s Emily Copic was the Rolling Valley Conference girls runner-up as part of Monday’s combined Woodbine Cross Country Invite and RVC Meet held at the Woodbine school. Sporrer’s time of 21:28 trailed only the Underwood duo of Karley Larson and Ryann Portch in the girls race.

 ELK HORN -- And then there were two. The tie atop the Rolling Valley Conference volleyball standings was whittled down to just a pair here Tuesday night after Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton handled Coon Rapids-Bayard in four sets (25-16, 25-10, 22-25, 25-18). The Spartans (11-12 overall) won their fifth straight conference match since falling to Glidden-Ralston in early September and improved their league mark to 5-1 with four RVC matches to go. E

    NORMAN, OK -- Donald Earl Gray, Jr., 62, Norman, OK, died September 21.    Services will be held Monday, Oct. 17 at 10:30 a.m. at Peace United Church of Christ in Walnut with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut.    Gray is survived by his father, Donald (Joan) Gray, Sr.

    EARLING -- Ivo and Mildred “Mick” Finken of Earling will mark their 65th wedding anniversary on October 15. Ivo will also observe his 90th birthday on October 22.    Their family is planning a card shower in their honor. Cards will reach them if sent to P.O. Box 85, Earling, IA 51530. 

    EARLING -- Former Earling resident Regina Koesters of Council Bluffs will celebrate her 90th birthday on Sunday, October 23 at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall in Earling beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.    Her children: Dick, Judi, Jay and Scot and their families will host the party. Regina has 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

    HARLAN – Get ready, marching fans, for Harlan Community’s take on The Music of Queen.    The 2016 version of the marching Cyclones will head to the Iowa High School Music Association’s state marching contest this weekend to present some of Freddie Mercury’s famous tunes in a show that is sure to delight all.    Who could forget the classic Wayne’s World snipet where Wayne and Garth rock out to Bohemian Rhapsody?  It’s the closer of a show