Harlan Community Schools welcomes new teachers for 2017-2018.

DES MOINES -- Shelby County Fair Queen Emma Barnes, 17, of Harlan, participated in the 2017 Iowa State Fair Queen Coronation Ceremony on Aug. 12. 

KIRKMAN -- Angie Kiem always knew that she wanted to come back to Shelby County.    Until she was nine, Kiem lived in Kirkman. It wasn’t until 2012 that she and her husband, Doug, decided to make their move.    After finding a job that would allow him to live anywhere, Doug – who retired from the U.S. Navy – and Angie began a search for a home in Iowa.

REGIONAL -- The Shelby County Sheriff’s Department is looking to add two new good boys – or, rather, K-9s – to the team.    The department is hoping to fundraise the money with the help of the public. The K9s would be “another tool in the toolbox” according to Sheriff Neil Gross, who says the department has been lacking dogs since the early 2000s.    “Any time you add a K9 to the program, you’re – in a way – adding an officer,” Gross said.

HARLAN – Becker’s Hospital Review recently recognized Myrtue Medical Center as one of its “62 Critical Access Hospitals to Know.”    This is the third year Becker’s has published a list recognizing outstanding critical access hospitals from more than 1,300 critical access hospitals in the nation.

HARLAN -- The top 10 school salaries for the Harlan Community School District include these 10:    Justin Wagner, $213,697; Elaine Baughman, $130,711; William Mueller, $110,316; John Connell, $110,297; Donna Muller, $109,447;    Jeffrey Moser, $108,048; Della Newlin, $107,834; Mitch Osborn, $106,512; Gloria Miller, $106,041; and Scott Frohlich, $106,034.    These and all other salaries totaled $11,078,285 paid during the 2016-17 school year en

Brylie Kenkel, 8, of Earling was just one of the talents performing in the Bill Riley Talent Show at the Iowa State Fair.

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- Helen J. “June” Burger, 84,  Council Bluffs, formerly of Shelby, died Thursday, Aug. 17 in Council Bluffs.    Arrangements are pending at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home.    Burger is survived by daughters Debbie Schadt, Cindi Kaufman and Candie Olson; sons Robert Burger, Tim Burger and Jim Burger; other relatives and friends.    Contact the funeral home for more information.

    HARLAN -- Darlene Hanson, 90, Harlan, died August 14 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Thursday, Aug. 17 at 11 a.m. at St.