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 MARYVILLE, MO. -- Former Harlan Community High School student-athlete Derec Weyer is one of four transfers added to Northwest Missouri State’s 2020 football recruiting class announced Wednesday, February 5. Weyer, a 2019 graduate of HCHS, is the son of Tim and Kelli Miller and Shane and Melissa Weyer.

 REGIONAL (Feb. 6) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association released its 2020 football district assignments on Thursday and also announced that the number of playoff qualifiers will remain at 16 per class for at least one more year. Harlan Community will be part of Class 3A, District 9 next fall, competing against five of its regular football rivals.

    DUNLAP -- Mildred (Foecke) Cogdill, 92, Dunlap, died Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the Burgess Hospital in Onawa.    Services will be held Friday, Feb. 21 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Dunlap.  Visitation was Thursday, Feb. 20 from 4-7 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Parish Center in Dunlap.  A rosary was held Thursday at 4 p.m. and and a scripture service at 7 p.m.

    ELK HORN -- Opal Darlene Marcussen, 94, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan, died Tuesday, Feb. 18 in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial of ashes in the Harlan Cemetery.  There is no visitation.    Marcussen is survived by children Ann (King) Cole of Savage, MN, Terry Marcussen of Adair and Karen Marcussen of Cleveland, TN; other relatives and friends.
 

    OMAHA, NE -- Phyllis Ann Simonsen, 84, Omaha, NE, died February 16 at Compassionate Memory Care.    Services will be held Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery at Walnut.  Family will greet friends Saturday from 1-2 p.m.

    EARLING – It was the end of an era in Earling December 18, as residents from across western Iowa enjoyed the final official Bingo Night.    Back in 1979, bingo was started in this northwest Shelby County community, drawing players for an evening of fun and food, with proceeds provided to St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.  As many as 100 people would turn out each week for the festivities.
 

    HARLAN -- A camera crew from PBS’s Iowa Ingredient show recently filmed a segment of the show at Milk & Honey Restaurant, Harlan.    Iowa Ingredient explores the farms, restaurants, and ingredients that make Iowa food uniquely Iowan. Host Charity Nebbe takes viewers on a journey to discover flavorful Iowa ingredients.