HARLAN -- For the second straight year, a group of Harlan Community Middle School students attended a bowling camp at Cyclones Lanes which was hosted by the high school bowling teams. The five-session camp allows the middle school students to get an inside look at what the high school team does in preparation for competition while also teaching some of the fundamentals of the sport.

Hawkeye Ten Conf. Girls Basketball

 GRINNELL -- The Harlan Swim Club capped a successful 2017-18 winter season at the Greater Iowa Swim League State Meet in Grinnell on Saturday, March 10.

 DES MOINES -- Representing the community of Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton, Lisa Burmeister received the Iowa Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award at the Girls State Basketball Tournament on February 28. A fan from each school participating in the tournament was presented a sportsmanship award prior to the team’s first-round game.

    HARLAN -- Services for Gary Hans Christiansen, 80, Harlan, who died January 10, will be held Saturday, March 24 at 11 a.m.

    AVOCA -- Charles P. Schachterle, 90, Avoca, formerly of Des Moines, died Thursday, March 15 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Services were held Monday, March 19 at 11 a.m.

    SHELBY -- Rick Lee Flynn, 56, Shelby, died March 15 at Methodist Hospital.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Flynn is survived by his mother, Glenyce Jean (Obrecht) Wendelin of Harlan; father Richard (Bonnie) Flynn of Perry Park, KY; brother Robb (Lauren) Flynn of Katy, TX; and stepbrothers Rick (Shelley) Turner of Nabb, IN and Rob (Holly) Turner of La Grange, KY. 

HARLAN – Two Harlan Community High School mock trial teams have qualified for state competition following top honors at the regional event held at Iowa Western Community College in Council Buffs March 7.    Harlan Community’s Red and Black teams finished first and second at regionals, and have qualified for the State Mock Trial Competition in Des Moines March 26-27.

    HARLAN – Shelby County is in a good financial position heading forward and had no instances of non-compliance or internal control deficiencies, according to an audit report presented last week by Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn & Co., PC.    Auditor Chris Nelson told the Shelby County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, March 13 that the county has a clean audit for the year ended June 30, 2017.