HARLAN (Feb. 20) -- Carroll forced overtime on Colby Vincent’s last-second three-pointer and opened the extra session with a 9-1 run before holding off Harlan Community 68-66 in the regular season finale for both boys basketball teams Thursday night. HCHS, which squandered a 48-39 fourth-quarter lead, dropped to 15-6 going into Monday’s Class 3A substate quarterfinal vs. Atlantic (8-13) at Glenwood.

    HARLAN -- A standing room only crowd turned out for the annual Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry Awards Banquet Friday evening, Feb.

    NEOLA -- The Tri-Center High School Jazz Band earned third-place at the recent Dick Bauman District Jazz Festival, putting it one step closer to performing at the Iowa Jazz Championships in Ames should it be selected as a wild card band.    The top two bands in each class at the district festival earn automatic bids, and in Class 2A those bands were Treynor and Red Oak.  Tri-Center’s third place finish allows it to be considered as one of

    HARLAN -- Following the February public hearing for the county tax budget where no written or verbal comments or objections were received the Myrtue Medical Center Board of Trustees approved the proposal to lower the current tax levy of $1.17357 per thousand taxable valuation to $1.15366 for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.    Taxable valuations are expected to be at $921,116,431 for 2020-2021 up from $867,926,524 for 2019-2020.

    HARLAN -- Gas and cable TV rates will go up April 1 after approval by the Harlan Municipal Utilities board of trustees Feb.

    IRWIN – The City of Irwin has been awarded a grant from the Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund for the demolition of a dilapidated property.    The grant was one of three awarded this month by the trust, the others going to Logan and Malvern.  The grants, each of which is for a maximum of $15,000 per property, may be used for up to 50 percent of the actual asbestos removal and demolition cost for one dilapidated residential property in each

    HARLAN -- Doris Rasmussen of Harlan will celebrate her 90thbirthday at an open house on Saturday, March 7 from 2-4 p.m. at the American Legion Hall in Harlan. Her family is hosting the celebration.    Friends and relatives are invited to attend. No gifts requested. Cards will also reach her if sent to 1205 16th Street, Harlan, IA 51537.
 

    HARLAN -- Marilyn Wittrup of Harlan observed her 90th birthday on February 23. She celebrated with a family party in Scituate, MA.    Marilyn’s family includes her husband, Richard, and children: Kenton and Sandra Wittrup, Lynn, MA; Alan Wittrup and his wife, Shannon Keith, Scituate, MA; and Eleanor and Steve Sochacki, Valley Springs, CA.

    HANCOCK -- Harold Leonard Hoffmann, Sr., 83, Hancock, died February 27 at his home.    Services will be held Wednesday, March 4 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.  A wake service will be held Tuesday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca.  Family will greet friends Tuesday from 4-7 p.m.