Lee Allen Nissen, son of Irven (Mickey) Nissen and Marjorie (Murray) Nissen, was born on April 7, 1948 in Atlantic, Iowa. Lee passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2022 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa, attaining the age of seventy-four years, eight months, and seventeen days.Lee was baptized and confirmed in the Elk Horn Lutheran Church in Elk Horn, Iowa.

Philip Dwight Monahan, age 68 of Harlan, passed away January 22, 2023 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs.

Helen Marcine Dea, daughter of Henry and Prudence Rebekah (Cushing) Osbahr, was born on July 9, 1923, in rural Shelby, Iowa. She attended country school until the age of seven. After the death of her parents, Helen was raised by Emil and Hanna Meves of Avoca, Iowa, and attended Avoca Public Schools.

Toby Sievers of Perham, Minnesota passed away at the Avoca Specialty Care in Avoca, Iowa on December 31, 2022.Toby was born in Harlan, Iowa on October 16, 1940, to Norman and Ruth (Waterbury) Sievers. He attended school at Lewis, Iowa until the eighth grade. The family moved to Ruth’s home place near Corley, Iowa. The farm was originally settled by his grandparents, Virgil and Sena Waterbury.

Roland Edward McLaughlin, son of John and Margaret (Gessert) McLaughlin, was born on June 21, 1935 in Defiance, Iowa.  He was one of eleven children born to his parents.  He grew up in Shelby and graduated from Walnut High School with the class of 1954. After graduation, he served in the United States Army and was stationed in Germany for most of the time over his 3 years.  He was united in marriage to Peg Moore and to this union they had one

Fay Porter, a 2018 Harlan graduate and drummer, is taking his music studies abroad — to Riga, Latvia — starting in February and returning in June.
In Latvia, Porter will study jazz, attend master classes, composition, arranging, jazz improv classes, along with playing with one of their big bands and one of their combos.

At a town hall Saturday in Harlan, Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst addressed issues facing veterans as well as her concerns over  Ukraine aid actually making it to the people there who need it.Paul Arnold asked the senator about friends that have to choose between medical retirement or VA compensation.
“Why can’t they still receive both? It wasn’t their choice to be medically retired out of service.”

The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted its first legislative coffee of the season on Saturday.  
Iowa Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) and Iowa Rep. Steve Holt (R-Denison), answered questions from the audience and provided updates on the current legislative session.

Junior Franz Reisz and Senior Brad Curren led the way for the Cyclones Saturday afternoon in downtown Omaha at Creighton University en route to a 70-47 victory over the North Bend Tigers.
“We looked forward to it,” said Cyclones Head Coach Mitch Osborn. “We we’re playing somebody that doesn’t know you very well. I thought they were much better in-person than they were on film.”