SHELBY -- Timothy G. Tuel, 60, Shelby, died Saturday, April 13 in Shelby.    Services will be held Tuesday, April 16 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  A rosary was held Monday, April 15 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Friends were asked to call Monday from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 4-7 p.m.

    MILWAUKEE, WI -- Wilbert “Bill” Langenfeld, 91, Milwaukee, WI, died April 8.    No services will be held.    Langenfeld was the uncle of Mary (Leo) Naujokaitis, Jane (John) Parsons, Ann (Joe) Breedlove, Brian (Melanie) Brown, Don (Sandy) Langenfeld and John (Kelene) Langenfeld.  He is also survived by other relatives and friends.    Max. A. Sass & Sons Funeral and Cremation Services in Milwaukee is in charge of arrangements. 

    HARLAN -- The Girl Scout Easter Egg Hunt featured a football field full of colorful eggs and prizes on a sunny Saturday afternoon in Harlan. Area businesses donated numerous prizes for the event as well as $1,000 worth of candy. Girl Scout volunteers planned and conducted three egg hunts for different age levels. Children were also able to visit with the Easter Bunny. 

    ELK HORN -- The Danish Mill Corporation has announced that it has received a $44,000 donation from the Mike and Lou Howard Foundation.

    HARLAN -- Harlan Community Schools mock trial teams competed well at the state mock trial competition held April 4-6 in Des Moines.    Two HCHS teams qualified for state by finishing first and second at a regional event.  The Harlan Red Team placed 10th overall at state and the Harlan Black Team finished 22nd out of 34 total teams.  Red team finished 2-1 and Black Team 1-2 in competition. 

    COUNTY – An embargo placed on the county’s gravel roads has been lifted effective Monday, April 15, the Shelby County Engineer’s Office reported this week.    County engineer Brandon Burmeister said conditions have improved enough to lift the embargo, which had placed load limits of 10 tons on all granular surfaced roadways in Shelby County.    This is the second time an embargo has been lifted.  An initial embargo was placed on the roads

    HARLAN -- Harlan Municipal Utilities officials suspect a lightning strike overnight Wednesday-Thursday, April 10-11 may have caused a small fire in a utility secondary pedestal in southwest Harlan Thursday.    The investigation is ongoing, but the Harlan Fire Department and HMU were called to the area behind the City of Harlan sign along Highway 59 near Concerned, Inc. about 11:15 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Harlan Community High School announced this week that senior Jayden Swanson, son of Chad and Lisa Swanson, has been named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program.    Swanson, the son of Chad and Lisa Swanson,  is among the more than 1.6 million students in 22,000 schools throughout the nation entered in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Tes

    HARLAN -- Jeanette Kroger of Harlan will mark her 80th birthday today, April 16. Her family is planning a card shower in her honor. Cards will reach her if sent to 1614 9th Street, Harlan, IA 51537.