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    Sunny Dawn McColloch, age 76, passed away peacefully at home on November 5.    McColloch is survived by children, Cheryl Letcher and Patrick (Sara) McColloch; siblings, Phil (Sharon Dale) Polinski, Christina Polinski, Sharon Bourke and Cliff Polinski; grandchildren, Sami (Dalton), Kasi, Jessi, Grace, Ryan and Makayla; many family and friends.    Visitation will be held from  5-7 p.m. at Hoy Kilnoski Funeral Home on Wednesday, Nov.

    HARLAN - Gene Johnson, 95, Harlan, wife of the late Harold “Swede” Johnson, died November 5 at Elm Crest Senior Living in Harlan.    All services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Johnson is survived by daughter s Becky (Eldon) Rike of Corning and Amy Brown of Delafield, WI; grandchildren Lisa (Rob) Gray of Ankeny, Katie (Jeff) Scandrett of Norwalk, DanRike of Corning, Chris (Tricia) Brown of Madison, WI and Aly Brown

    FALLS CHURCH, VA -- Word has been received of the death of Kathy Croghan, 94, Falls Church, VA, formerly of Panama, who died November 2.    She is survived by her children Anne Croghan Giese of Washington, DC, Greg Croghan of Silver Spring, MD, and Joe Croghan of Falls Church; and nine grandchildren.    Kathy, a registered nurse, worked at Myrtue Memorial Hospital for many years.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harl

    HARLAN – Harlan Community Middle School Principal Bill Mueller has been recognized by the Iowa Association of Student Councils as the 2021-22 middle school administrator of the year.    Mueller was presented his award during a ceremony held October 24 during the 41st annual Iowa Student Leadership Conference in Des Moines.    “I was very honored to be recognized with this award,” Mueller said.  “I have a great staff and awesome students th

    HARLAN – The Harlan Municipal Utilities has voted to give chief executive officer Ken Weber a 1.875 percent salary increase, which will bring his annual compensation to $136,463.69 per year.    Weber’s contract was renewed on September 24, 2020 for three years and will run through September 30, 2023.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees gave authorization to file a lawsuit against Prairie Fire Development Group, Kansas City, MO, to recoup monies allegedly owed for work completed in the new north Harlan housing development.    Efforts have been made to be paid for the services provided by HMU, but there has been no reply from the company, HMU officials said.    “I’ve attempted to collect from them and not heard anyt

By Bob Bjoin, Editor    COUNTY – Protecting property rights has to be a key component of the proposal by an Iowa firm to construct a carbon dioxide capture pipeline that, if approved, will make its way through five Midwest states including Iowa, and from north to south through Shelby County, local officials and landowners are saying.    Affected landowners and county officials are getting their first glimpse at the Midwest Carbon Express Co2 c