AUDUBON – Audubon’s longtime softball coach Eric Borkowski is making the switch to the Wheeler’s baseball dugout this summer.
ELK HORN – The Exira-EHK baseball team, under second-year coach Randy Kelly, found some success a year ago, going 8-6 in the Rolling Valley Conference to finish fourth, and 12-9 overall.
Audubon: The Audubon sprint medley relays were the Wheelers’ lone events on Day 1 of the Iowa state track meet, both preliminary heats.
AUDUBON – Audubon’s longtime softball coach Eric Borkowski is making the switch to the Wheeler’s baseball dugout this summer.
ELK HORN – The Exira-EHK baseball team, under second-year coach Randy Kelly, found some success a year ago, going 8-6 in the Rolling Valley Conference to finish fourth, and 12-9 overall.
Audubon: The Audubon sprint medley relays were the Wheelers’ lone events on Day 1 of the Iowa state track meet, both preliminary heats.
TREYNOR – The Audubon girls track team had to wait overnight after last week’s Iowa Class 2A state qualifying meet in Treynor to see if anyone would be competing at state.
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A blood drive in Elk Horn will be held on May 21 at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. To schedule an appointment, contact Cindy Fredericksen at 712-249-4582 or visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter ElkHornIa and make an appointment online.
President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a major disaster declaration for areas of Iowa that were hit by tornados and severe weather in late April, approving a request from Gov. Kim Reynolds.
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