MANNING – It was back in 2011 that the IKM-Manning Jazz Band last qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships, so to say that the director and students are excited for their opportunity this year is an understatement.    Don Struve was the director back then, and the band had consistently through the previous years qualified and placed among the top eight of 15 bands in their class at IJC.  Ryan Runyan is in his first year this year as IKM-M

    HARLAN -- Frances L. Justice, 90, Harlan, died March 23 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 27 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin.  Visitation is Tuesday from 1-2 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Patricia Ann Kloewer, 84, Harlan, died March 23 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Wednesday, March 28 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial at a later date in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia.  Visitation is Tuesday, March 27 from 5-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Merle John F. Bolich, 90, Avoca, died March 19 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 27 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Tuesday from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home.    Bolich is survived by sister Mary Clark of Ainsworth.
 
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    COUNTY – Shelby County Emergency Preparedness partners will participate in a county-wide tornado drill to be held on Wednesday, March 28 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 26-30, as

    HARLAN – Eight Harlan Community High School HOSA-Future Health Professionals students participated in the State Leadership Conference in Des Moines March 11-13.    A number of students are eligible to advance to the International Leadership Conference in Dallas, TX June 26-30.  Any HOSA students receiving 1st through 3rd place can advance. 

    HARLAN -- The City of Harlan has begun its new project to replace all of the street signs in town.  The two-three year project began with these new red signs being put up in the southeast quadrant of town.    New Iowa Department of Transportation regulations require certain sizes of signs, letters on signs and reflectivity, and the city is making the changes to follow those regulations.  Costs for this year’s portion of the project is $4,2

    ELK HORN – Millright Ben Hassett and his crew are planning to arrive in mid-April to complete the construction on the Danish Windmill project, officials announced this month.    The Mill’s restoration project has been met with delay after one of the 67-foot timbers for the new sails that had been air drying for more than a year turned out to be of inferior quality and could not be properly shaped.    Officials said it was determined that r

    EARLING -- Raymond H. Wilwerding, 85, Earling, died Monday, March 19 in Earling.    Services will be held Friday, March 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Earling.  A wake service was held Thursday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the church.  Friends were asked to call Thursday from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.