COUNTY -- The location for the Shelby County Farmer’s Market will be held at the Shopko parking lot this summer into mid-fall.    “It’s great fun to meet the public and to have those relationships with the same customers week after week and year after year,” said Elaine Baughman, market manager.    While the market began in early June, the four to five vendors will be gathering until Oct. 29. The market is held from 8:30 a.m.

HARLAN -- Congratulations to Emma Ahrenholtz who was crowned Shelby County Fair Queen during coronation ceremonies held Thursday, July 14 at the fairgrounds in Harlan.  Ahrenholtz, 18, Defiance, is the daughter of Troy and Lyn Ahrenholtz, and represents the Lincoln Leaders 4-H Club.  First runner-up was Jamie Schechinger, 18, Earling, the daughter of Jay and Cindy Schechinger.  She represents the Helping Hands Clover Kids 4-H Club.  Second run

    WALNUT -- The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors has recently approved the dedication of a bridge to Kerrie Orozco, an Omaha Police Office who was killed in the line of duty.    Orozco graduated from Walnut High School in 2004 after growing up in Walnut. She dedicated seven years to the Omaha Police Department before she died in May 2015 while conducting surveillance on a suspect.

    ELK HORN -- One bottled calf brought a couple together to form Brun Ko Farm which creates produce and education for the community.    “There’s just so much of a disconnect,” Emily said. “Food comes from the grocery store. Milk comes in a gallon jug. That’s not how it is.”    Three years ago Nate Paulson was ready to start an agricultural career with a bottle calf. He got in touch with Emily who was originally from Spencer.

 HARLAN -- For the Harlan Community baseball team, it’s time to wipe the slate clean. The 2nd-ranked Cyclones saw their 10-game winning streak come to a close during Wednesday’s regular season finale at Jim Goeser Field, losing 6-3 to Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson. But starting Friday, the Tee Jay outcome means just about as much as the 24 regular-season wins that preceded it or the 24 losses of their first-round district opponent. It’s tour

 HARLAN -- Highlighted by Brett Croghan’s second home run of the year, Harlan Community answered Abraham Lincoln’s three-run top of the sixth with a four-spot in the bottom half Monday and held on for a 5-4 home win over the Lynx. The game was tied 1-1 after five before both teams got the bats going. AL’s rally began with two out when Alec Delavan’s single was followed by a Caleb Snead two-run homer off Brett Sears.

 CHARTER OAK -- For the fourth time in the last five years, Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s softball season has ended in the Class 1-A regional finals. The Spartans lost to Charter Oak-Ute, 15-2, on Tuesday in a Region 7 final that started Monday night but was suspended by a heavy thunderstorm.

 COON RAPIDS -- As the lone senior on Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s baseball team, Brady Hansen wasn’t quite ready for his final season to end, especially without longtime head coach Tony Petersen in the dugout. Hansen certainly did his part to keep the season alive, pitching a complete game with nine strikeouts and adding an RBI triple as the Spartans avenged two regular-season losses to Glidden-Ralston with a 7-2 victory in Tuesday’s Class 1-A

AUDUBON -- IKM-Manning was defeated by CAM, 4-1, in a Class 1-A district quarterfinal baseball game on Tuesday. The Wolves finished the season 11-13 overall.  See Tuesday’s Harlan Tribune for more details.