COUNTY -- Non-Profit agencies within Shelby County will have until the end of August to complete applications for funding from Shelby County Community Chest.    Funds from SCCC are made possible by the generosity of local donors to the SCCC annual fund drive which will be taking place this fall.  Shelby County Community Chest accumulates and then disburses the funds from this campaign to local non-profits for a single year.

    HARLAN -- On Tuesday, Aug. 2, Dan Burden gave a presentation about why active transportation makes sense on behalf of the Blue Zones Project sponsored by Wellmark.    The basement of the library was filled of various community members curious about the walkability and bikeability of Harlan.    Burden started by showing the distance that typical generations have walked on a daily basis.

    REGION -- While the summer started off with heavy rains and many concerns amongst farmers, according to professionals, the weather did not have a long term affect on the growing season.    Mike Witt, Iowa State University Outreach and Extension crop specialist, explains that crops are moving into some of its final stages of development, but farmers should be looking out for grasshoppers and beetles.    However, the primary issue earlier th

    A memorial service for Terry Wiig will be held Saturday, Aug. 20 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Irwin.  

    HARLAN -- Adeline May, 97, formerly of Panama, died August 14 at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. 

    PANAMA -- Donald Hoffman, 70, Panama, died August 14 at his home in Panama.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. 

    HARLAN -- Laverne A. Clark, 89, Harlan, died August 13 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. 

    ELK HORN -- George Kintner, 90, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan, died August 12 at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn.    Services will be held Saturday, Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation will be Saturday from 9-10 a.m.

    WATERLOO -- Mary Jean Holler Schechinger, 83, Waterloo, formerly of Westphalia, died July 21 at Windsor Care Facility in Cedar Falls.    Services will be held Friday, Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia.    Schechinger was married to Michael Schechinger who died in 2013.  She is survived by daughter Linda (Kevin) Gaul; son John W. (Vicki) Holler, Jr.