ONAWA -- Marlon S. Jepson, 70, Onawa, died Jan. 11 at Elmwood Care Centre, Onawa.    A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at the Goslar Funeral Home Chapel, Onawa.  A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the Chapel.

    PANAMA -- Peggy Sue Pauley, 64, Panama, died Sunday, Feb. 27 at her home.    She is survived by husband, Gerald Pauley; daughter, Dr.

    MANILLA -- Zachary Robin Freese, 27, Manilla, died February 28.    Services were held Monday, March 7 at 1 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Nishnabotna Cemetery in Manilla.    Freese is survived by mother Kathy (Meier) Freese, father Robin Freese, and sisters Vanessa Freese and Joanna Freese, all of Manilla; maternal grandmother Janet Meier of Irwin; and paternal grandmother Shirley Freese of Manilla.

    HARLAN -- Ricky Taylor, 55, Harlan, formerly of Wiota, died March 3 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    Services will be held Tuesday, March 8 at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Wiota with burial in the First Lutheran Church cemetery in Wiota. Visitation was Monday, March 7 from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Sherry Marie McBride, 82, Harlan, formerly of Lawrence, KS, died Friday, March 4 in Harlan.    Private services and burial of ashes will be held in Kansas at a later date.    McBride is survived by daughter Michelle (Doug) Burmeister of Harlan; sons Matt (Gina) McBride of Olathe, KS, and Kurt (Dionne) McBride of Round Rock, TX; brother John Swearngin of Fort Myers, FL; sister Kristie Swearngin of Overland Park, KS; seven grandchi

HARLAN -- Students from Harlan Community High School will be attending the Business Professionals of America (BPA) 2022 National Leadership Conference, in Dallas, TX, May 4-8.    HCHS chapter members will join nearly 6,000 conference delegates from across the nation to compete in national level business skills competitions and attend leadership development, workshops, general sessions, and national officer candidate campaigns and elections.  

    HARLAN –  The Iowa Department of Public Safety has re-launched its Missing Person Information Clearinghouse website with hopes of identifying and locating the more than 300 Iowans who are currently missing.    The website, www.iowamissingpersons.com, provides an interactive design and advanced functions for the public to search for Iowa’s missing persons.    First established in 1985 within t

    HARLAN -- There is a new and friendly face in the Shelby County Extension office. Harlan native Larry Wendt, Jr. began his work as the Shelby County Director on February 7, 2022. As County Director Wendt will have the responsibility of coordinating Shelby County Extension programs delivered by Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Municipal Utilities is in conversations with Regional Water to potentially partner in a feasibility study that could lead to the opportunity to receive additional water supply via the Council Bluffs Water Department.    Tom Kallman, general manager, Regional Water, Avoca, addressed the HMU Board of Trustees Thursday, Feb.