HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center Diagnostic Imaging Director Keri Schwieso said MMC has had great response from the community and are seeing new patients each week since the addition of the 3D mammography at MMC last summer.

    DEFIANCE -- Joe and Vernita Schwarte of Defiance will celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary on April 7. Their family includes Darla and Joe Krosko, Omaha; Darin and Adrienne Schwarte, Knoxville, TN; Deana and Joey Slater, Breda, IA; Dana Jackson, Marathon; and six grandchildren.

    WOODBINE – Rosemary H. Koppold, 86, Woodbine, died March 29 at Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine.    Services are pending at Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring Funeral Homes and Crematory in Council Bluffs.
 
See a PDF below of their obituary, if one was provided by the family or funeral home.
 

    PERSIA – Robert Frances Leinen, 79, Persia, died March 30 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Tuesday, April 3 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the Valley View Cemetery in Persia.  A wake service was held Monday, April 2 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation was Monday from 4-7 p.m.

    HARLAN – Employees of the Harlan Community School District who traditionally have been among the lowest paid will get a significant bump in hourly pay next year under a proposal approved by the HCS Board of Education last week.    Associate pay increase for the 9/10 month employees will increase $1.50 per hour on the base pay to $12.35 an hour in 2018-19, a 13.8 percent increase.  Food service staff pay will increase $1 per hour on the bas

    HARLAN -- “Is it true we got picked for IJC?,” Jazz Ensemble member Asia Williamson asked her director, Tom Cronin.    “100 percent,” he replied.    Cue the screaming....    In a fantastic, history-making accomplishment, the Harlan Jazz Ensemble will join the Harlan Jazz Experience as one of the top 15 bands in the state performing at the Iowa Jazz Championships Thursday, April 5 in Ames.    “She just couldn’t believe it,” Cronin explained

HARLAN -- If there was any question as to whether Harlan Community’s jazz program has set the Iowa bar for high school jazz music groups, look no further than who was selected for this year’s Class 3A All-State Jazz Band.    Of the 21 band members announced in mid-March, nine of those come from HCHS.  Emma Krehbiel, Gabe Madson, Sam Heileson, Fidel Martinez-Greer, Ben Rihner, Drew Voge, Jennifer Weisenborn, Fay Porter and Jack Klitgaard will p

HARLAN – Employees of the Harlan Community School District who traditionally have been among the lowest paid will get a significant bump in hourly pay next year under a proposal approved by the HCS Board of Education last week.    Associate pay increase for the 9/10 month employees will increase $1.50 per hour on the base pay to $12.35 an hour in 2018-19, a 13.8 percent increase.  Food service staff pay will increase $1 per hour on the base wa

ELK HORN -- Demolition crews tore down the Danish Inn building in Elk Horn last month, paving the way for a new project in the works that could include a new restaurant on the site.  In 2015 the Danish Inn closed, and in August, 2017, Mike and Lou Howard of Elk Horn purchased the property with hopes of restoration.  Due to years of sitting empty and costs of restoration, it was determined the best option would be to take the building down and