HANCOCK -- Donna Lee Hoepner, 74, Hancock, died January 20 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with private family burial at the Graceland Cemetery in Avoca.  Family will greet friends Saturday from 9-11 a.m.

    AVOCA -- Rita Jeanne Hartigan, 68, Avoca, died January 19 at her home.    Services were held Thursday, Jan. 23 at noon at St.

    HARLAN -- Approximately 171 people turned out on a cold and snowy afternoon Saturday, Jan.

    COUNTY – Charles Parkhurst has been named chairman of the Shelby County Board of Supervisors this year, and will preside over a board that is currently working diligently to prepare next year’s budget.    Parkhurst is joined on the board by supervisors Steve Kenkel and Darin Haake.    Parkhurst was unanimously elected chairman while Haake was unanimously elected vice-chairman of the 2020 board.

    COUNTY -- A relatively mild start to January, 2020 turned more realistic this past weekend Friday-Saturday, Jan. 17-18 as a major winter storm hit the region bringing with it snow, wind, ice, sleet and bitter cold.    Harlan officially received six inches of snow Friday followed by some sleet, freezing rain and winds gusting to 40 miles per hour Friday into Saturday.

    HARLAN – The petitioner and respondent in the unique trial by combat request in Shelby County District Court that has garnered nationwide media attention this past week each have created GoFundMe® accounts hoping to secure donations to help with their legal expenses.    Bridgette Laver is the organizer of the Bridgette Ostrom Legal Fund, and David Ostrom is the organizer of the David Ostrom: Parental Alienation Defense Fund.    Both have a

    COUNTY -- A 31-year-old Council Bluffs woman was killed in a one-vehicle accident northwest of Earling in Shelby County last week.    Amber Dawn Sauvago was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to an Iowa State Patrol report.    On Thursday, Jan.

    COUNTY -- The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry currently is soliciting nominations for its Citizen/Volunteer of the Year award.    The award will be presented at the 2020 Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry Award Banquet on Friday, Feb. 28 at the C.G. Therkildsen Activity Center in Harlan.
 

    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center announced this week a partnership with Senior Life Solutions.    Myrtue Medical Center’s Senior Life Solutions is an intensive outpatient group therapy program designed to meet the unique needs of adults typically ages 65 and over struggling with symptoms of depression and anxiety, stress from age-related health concerns, or difficult life transitions such as the loss of a loved one.