HARLAN -- Fred and LaVonne Fox of Harlan will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 25 from 1-4 p.m. at an open house and card shower at the Therkildsen Activity Center in Harlan. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.    Their children are Ronald and Val Fox, West Des Moines; and Julie Fox and significant other, Keith Schaben, Denison. Fred and LaVonne have seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

    DES MOINES -- John and Linda Helling of Harlan announce the engagement of their daughter, Carly Jean Helling to Justin Cole Brinker both of Ankeny. He is the son of Carol and Lanny Bauer, Webster City; and Mike Brinker, Grimes.    The couple will marry on July 2 in Des Moines. 

    AUDUBON -- Ashlyn Spies and Sean Birks both of Audubon will exchange marriage vows on July 23 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Audubon.    Parents of the couple are Randy and Lynn Spies, Audubon; and Randy and Rachel Birks, Irwin.

    EARLING – Shelby County will honor one of the county’s earliest settlers in a ceremony Sunday, June 26 at the Holcomb Cemetery northwest of Earling.    The day has been declared John McIntosh Day, proclaimed by the Shelby County Board of Supervisors, and highlights of the event will include the placing of a new tombstone for McIntosh in the cemetery, as well as four more tombstones for his children and wife.    The ceremony begins at 1 p.m

HARLAN -- Tennis balls, a yellow race car, a disc golf frisbee and an unfertilized goose egg were all found while Steven Olson was clearing the island in the pond at Pioneer Park.    As a part of the Parks and Recreations board and a member of the community, Olson was concerned about the wellness of the park.

    HARLAN -- Check out this story complete with a happy ending for a red-tailed hawk that survived being hit by a vehicle, and then traveled inside the grill of the truck across western Iowa.    Shown  is Kevin “Hoss” Krohn, Harlan Parks and Recreation Director, pulling a hawk from the front grill of a truck parked on 7th Street on Thursday, June 16. Driver Gene Hansen, Walnut, hit the bird with his vehicle near Bayard.

    EARLING -- Favorable weather has allowed construction crews to make headway on county projects this month.    Here, a bridge on Fir Road west of Highway 191 recently was deemed structurally deficient, so the project was put in the plan for repairs.  Cost of the bridge replacement is $690,000, with 80 percent paid with bridge replacement funds and 20 percent from farm to market funds. 

    HARLAN – A former Harlan physician who was convicted last year of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse and indecent contact with a child, is being sued by his victim in Shelby County District Court.    The victim, identified in court documents as Jane Doe #1, has filed civil suit seeking damages against Wing Tai Fung, M.D.  On March 27, 2015, Fung was convicted in district court after entering a written guilty plea to the two aggrava

 HARLAN -- During the past few years or so, it really didn’t matter which direction or how hard the wind was blowing at Jim Goeser Field.