STORM LAKE (March 15) -- Led by Amos Rasmussen’s double gold in the long jump and 60-meter dash, area athletes won four events at the BVU High School Elite Indoor Track Meet here Friday. Girls and boys athletes from Harlan Community, IKM-Manning and AHSTW competed in the first meet of the year. The Cyclone boys, who also competed at Northwest Missouri State on Saturday, took a partial squad to the Buena Vista meet but did have a one-two finis

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    HARLAN -- Dorothy Jean Strissel, 72, Harlan, died March 23 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Thursday, March 28 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial at a later date.  Family will greet friends Wednesday, March 27 from 3-7 p.m.

    DEFIANCE -- Dean Leonard Bissen, 59, Defiance, died March 22 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Wednesday, March 27 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance.  A rosary will be held Tuesday, March 26 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation is Tuesday from 4-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Alyce A. Rasmussen, 89, Harlan, died March 21 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, March 30 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Union Township Cemetery at Defiance.  Visitation is Saturday, March 30 from 9-11 a.m.

    IRWIN -- Gregory Alan Bates, 53, Irwin, died March 21 at his home.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 26 at 1:30 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Rose Hill Cemetery in Kirkman.  Visitation was Monday, March 25 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    COUNTY – Shelby County Emergency Preparedness partners will participate in a county-wide tornado drill to be held on Wednesday, March 27 from 10-10:30 a.m.  Shelby County Emergency Management, Shelby County Public Health and Myrtue Medical Center encourage everyone to take this opportunity to prepare, plan, and protect their loved ones from the effects of severe spring weather.    This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week, March 25-29, as

    DES MOINES – A complaint filed with the Iowa Public Information Board (IPIB) by Harlan resident Larry Trickel, alleging violation of the Iowa Opens Meeting Law by the Harlan Independent School District, was dismissed by the IPIB Thursday, March 21.    A dismissal order prepared by IPIB Executive Director Margaret E. Johnson, J.D.

    The Iowa State Patrol Impaired and Distracted Driving course was held at the Teen Health & Resiliency Fair Saturday morning at HCHS. Participants could chose to wear the fatal vision googles or text while driving as they navigated the route.