HARLAN -- The family of Dewey and Darlene Hess is planning a card shower in honor of their parents’ 50th wedding anniversary on October 7.    Cards will reach them if sent to 907 Maplecrest Drive, Harlan, IA 51537.

    OMAHA -- Madeline Novoa of Columbia, MO and Brent Bruck of St. Louis, MO exchanged marriage vows  on June 10, 2016 at St. John’s Catholic Church on the Creighton University campus in Omaha. The 6:30 p.m. double ring ceremony was performed by Father Greg Carlson.    Parents of the couple are Jose and Laura Novoa, Omaha; and Bruce and Karen Bruck, Portsmouth.

 ADEL -- Another week, another high-scoring, three-hour marathon for the Harlan Community football team. Only this time, it was the Cyclones doing much of the second-half celebrating as Nick Foss gained 395 all-purpose yards and scored four touchdowns in a 58-34 victory over Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Friday night. The game was tied 20-20 with 4:37 left in the first half before HCHS outscored the Tigers 38-14 the rest of the way - including 28-6 duri

 HARLAN -- For the first time in nine years, Harlan Community did not claim a varsity team or individual champion during Saturday’s Cyclone Invitational cross country meet at the Harlan Golf and Country Club. The Denison-Schleswig girls won their second straight team title in Harlan while the Thomas Jefferson boys snapped a two-year HCHS run of home meet victories.

 MISSOURI VALLEY -- The IKM-Manning football team suffered another heartbreaking loss on Friday night, letting a 24-7 third-quarter lead turn into a 28-24 loss at unbeaten Missouri Valley. The Big Reds pulled within three points following a nine-play, 98-yard scoring drive, then recovered an onside kick with 2:30 remaining and scored again less than a minute later to take the lead. IKM-Manning was unable to convert a first down on its final po

 EXIRA -- Scoring 62 first-half points, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton rolled to 3-0 in district play Friday night with a 69-6 win over Clarinda Academy. The Spartans (3-2 overall) returned three interceptions for touchdowns in the game and handed the Eagles (3-2) their first district loss. Drew Buckholdt added 124 yards rushing and three TDs.

 MANNING -- The IKM-Manning volleyball team wasn’t really all that far away from sweeping the 12th-rated team in Class 2-A Thursday night, but instead finished on the short end of a 3-0 decision, falling 21-25, 24-26, 21-25 to Treynor in Western Iowa Conference action. All three sets were tightly contested throughout, each featuring a 20-20 tie. In sets one and three, the Cardinals scored five of the last six points to pull away.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Harlan Community and Lewis Central have waged some classic battles over the years in Hawkeye Ten volleyball action, and Tuesday’s latest match showed the potential, at times, to join that list. Too many unforced errors, however, prevented HCHS from ever seizing momentum as the 12th-ranked (Class 4-A) Cyclones were swept by the 7th-ranked Titans, 18-25, 24-26, 16-25, to fall two games back of the H-10 co-leaders. HCHS misfire

 STATE -- Harlan Community volleyball coach Angie Spangenberg has been selected to receive the Golden Plaque Award from the Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union for distinguished coaching in the sport of volleyball. She is just the sixth volleyball coach in the state to receive this honor. Spangenberg will recognized for her Golden Plaque Award during the 2016 State Volleyball Tournament in Cedar Rapids.