HARLAN -- Mildred Reinig, 94, Harlan, died at her home Sunday, April 15.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Reinig is survived by her husband, Tony Reinig; children Dolores (Bob) Gaeta, Rose Ann (John) Cannella, Mary (Doug) Baker, Judy (Leo) Hensley, Susan (Chuck) Field, Joan (Tom) Ouren and Allan (Jackie) Reinig; 21 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren.
 

    HARLAN -- Richard “Dick” Sciranko, Sr., 78, Harlan, died April 13 at his home.    Services were held Monday, April 16 at 1 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville.  A visitation and luncheon were held Monday from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Gale Steinhoff, 86, Harlan, died April 12 in Manilla.    A private inurnment will be held with burial at the Nishnabotna Cemetery in Manilla.    Steinhoff is survived by his wife, LaJean Mae (Holmes) Steinhoff of Harlan; daughter Connie (Darwin) Campbell of Harlan; son Rickey Steinhoff of Manilla; sister Leah Shearon of Sioux City; two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge

    HARLAN -- Howard C. Henriksen, 93, Harlan, died Wednesday, April 11 in Harlan.    Service arrangements are pending.    Henriksen is survived by his wife, Rhoda Henriksen, of Harlan; daughters Bonnie (Kim) Fritz of Story City and Patricia (LaVern) Musich of Roosevelt, UT; sons Ronald Henriksen of Harlan, Randy Henriksen of Urbandale and L.

    AVOCA -- Prom-goers at AHSTW wouldn’t let one of the strongest mid-April storms in history rain or snow on their special evening Saturday night, April 14.  Strong storms that brought heavy rain, wind, hail and even some area twisters rolled in on Friday.  On the back side of that storm was another douse of winter, bringing cold, wind and snow on Saturday.  Prom went on as scheduled Saturday for AHSTW.

    COUNTY – License plates with the new Iowa plate design are now available through local motor vehicle departments, including the Shelby County office, officials announced this week.    The design, a city and country reboot, represents an updated and more visually compelling representation of the city and country theme that is currently featured on Iowa license plates, officials said.

    HARLAN -- An official from the Essentia plant east of Harlan said Thursday, April 12 his company is working on the issue.    In a statement, John Abell, a representative from the plant, said, “We have been in contact with the DNR and the Shelby County Environmental Department and also with the Environmental Engineering group at Essentia.  Essentia has sampled and is taking sampling to determine a mitigation plan if required.

    REGIONAL – Outstanding debt obligations for local governmental agencies decreased slightly in the past year, bucking the state trend that saw an overall increase in debt, according to a report released by the state treasurer’s office.    Shelby County saw it’s total debt obligations drop from $36,700,893 in 2016 to $35,735,239 in 2017.  Much of the reported debt can be attributed to the City of Harlan/Harlan Municipal Utilities and Harlan

    COUNTY -- There will be a contested race for county supervisor this year.    Incumbent Roger Schmitz, Democrat, is being challenged by newcomer Darin Haake, Republican.  Both will appear on the primary ballot in June, and both will move on to the general election in November representing their respective parties.    There is only one open seat on the county supervisors board, currently held by Schmitz, a long-time veteran of the board.