DENISON -- LaVere Mae Andersen, 82, Denison, died June 24 at Eventide Lutheran Home for the Aged.    Services will be held Tuesday, June 3 at 10 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Visitation will be held Monday, July 2 from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.

    PORTSMOUTH -- Mary Ella “Mitz” Wilke, 81, Portsmouth, died June 20 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.    Services were held Monday, June 25 at 11 a.m. at St.

HARLAN -- Karrisa Mickelson, an 11-year-old attending Harlan Community Intermediate School, decided to save money and donate an American Girl doll to a stranger, but not a complete stranger. Daisy Anguiano Miranda, an 11-year-old Nebraskan, has been fighting a rare bone cancer called Ewing's Sarcoma since she was eight.During one of Mickelson's classes, her teacher showed the students a video about Daisy on her birthday.

HARLAN -- Auditor of State Mary Mosiman this week released an audit report on the City of Harlan.    The City’s receipts totaled $7,955,740 for the year ended June 30, 2017.

HARLAN – Long-time Harlan City Councilman David H. Pedersen has announced his resignation from the council effective July 1.    Pedersen has served on the council for 12½ years, and said in a resignation letter to the city that it’s been a pleasure to work for the community.

HARLAN -- After a long season that started in early April, kids enjoyed their last t-ball games of the season at J.J. Jensen Park in Harlan.

HARLAN -- On Wed., June 20, the Harlan Fire Department control burned what remained of the old mill after it was torn down the Friday before.    Bobby Fox, with Fox Construction, will return to remove the remaining rubble once the fire is completely out and the mill’s remains reduced to ashes.    The mill dated back to the late 1800s when it was used as a flour and then oats mill. 

 LOGAN (June 15) -- For six innings Friday night, IKM-Manning put runners all over the bases but couldn’t break through against Logan-Magnolia softball pitcher Reanna Rife. Down to their last three outs, the Wolves responded like a senior-laden, 2nd-ranked team is supposed to, scoring six runs in the top of the seventh and beating the ninth-ranked Panthers 6-2 to sweep the regular-season series. IKM-M kept its unbeaten Western Iowa Conference

 GRISWOLD (June 15) -- AHSTW capped a 2-2 week on the baseball diamond Friday night by outscoring Griswold 13-6 in Western Iowa Conference play. The Vikings improved to 6-7 overall and 4-7 in the WIC, taking the lead for good with five runs in the top of the fourth and pulling away with two in the sixth and three in the seventh. AHSTW totaled 11 hits and 11 stolen bases in the contest, also drawing nine walks. Sophomore Joel Sampson led the Vi