CLARINDA (Oct. 12) -- Led by Greichaly Kaster’s sixth-place finish for the Harlan Community girls, five Cyclone harriers earned top 20 medals at Thursday’s Hawkeye Ten Conference Cross Country Meet in Clarinda. The HCHS girls moved up one spot from last year’s H-10 meet, placing fourth with a team score of 94.

    HARLAN -- Dixie I. Andersen, 83, Harlan, died October 19 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    Services were held Monday, Oct. 23 at 10:30 a.m. at St.

The 16th-annual Harvest Fest celebration will be held Saturday, Oct.

REGIONAL – Shelby County is exploring an option of sharing county attorney services with neighboring Audubon County, which reached out to local officials here to discuss the sharing possibility.    Board of supervisors chairman Steve Kenkel said one of the supervisors in Audubon County contacted Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell to see if Shelby County would be interested in considering or looking at the possibility of sharing attorney servic

SHELBY -- On October 11, United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose sentenced Matthew P.

REGIONAL – Those nasty “little black bugs” with the horrible bite have made their return to Shelby County the past few weeks.    You definitely feel them before you see them.  Those little black bugs which seem to have more teeth than they do body, swarming through the air in the early fall evenings just before dark, causing distress for anyone who may be gardening, attending a ball game or just out for a walk.    And that ferocious bite they

COUNTY – Shelby County has asked a Corley resident to stop operating what it feels is a salvage yard, which is not permitted under county code.    In a letter to Ricky Lee Hansen, 211 South St., Harlan, Shelby County Planning and Zoning Administrator Tony Buman said Hansen’s Corley property is zoned R-5 Rural Village.  The county has received a complaint of the operation of a salvage/junk yard on the property.    “I have personally observed th

    EARLING -- Marcella Marie Smith, 99, Earling, died October 18 at the Little Flower Haven Nursing Home.    Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 21 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery at Earling.  A Catholic Daughters Rosary will be held Friday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation is Friday from 4-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Diana Kay Dewaele, 66, Avoca, died October 18 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Services will be held Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Grange Cemetery at Honey Creek.  Visitation is Saturday from 1-2 p.m. at the funeral home.    Dewaele is survived by her husband, Robert Dewaele, of Avoca.