HARLAN -- Marcia Elaine Harper, 87, Harlan, died April 7 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home for a later date.    Harper is survived by daughters Beth (Ron) Buck of Harlan, Nancy Yockey of Carroll, Marti Usher of Harlan, Mary Jane (Jeff) Mohr of Council Bluffs, and Karen (Jeff) Scott of South Lyon, MI; son Steve (Vicki) Harper of Rockwell City; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

    OMAHA -- Camilla Ahrenholtz and Scott Buchanan both of Omaha will marry on April 24 in a ceremony at the Field Club of Omaha.    Parents of the couple are Mary Ahrenholtz, Harlan; Clark Ahrenholtz, Elk Horn; and Doug and Dawn Buchanan, Omaha.    Camilla is a 2007 graduate of Harlan Community High School. She is employed as a counselor at Lifegate Church.    Scott is a 2005 graduate of Burke High School.

    HARLAN – Volunteers and donations are being requested to help fund an animal rescue effort in Shelby County, a no-kill operation for abandoned and neglected animals.    The Animal Rescue League of Harlan is relatively new, but in less than a year has seen how sorely needed the effort is for animals in Harlan and Shelby County.    Vicki Kuhn started animal rescue in May, 2020, and was joined by Cassie DeGroot by December.  The two operate t

First in a Series    COUNTY – Shelby County residents are being asked to step up recycling efforts, and to take note of what is considered recyclable or garbage.    Those words come from local officials who say the most recent decision to remove recycling trailers and sheds from numerous locations in Shelby County due to the vast amount of garbage being put in with the recyclables could cause a reduction in recycling efforts.    “Garbage in re

    HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools Mock Trial Program continued its success this year, competing in mock trial competition with one of the three groups bringing home state hardware.    The Red Team consisting of Abi Albertsen, Lauren Andersen, Hannah Bissen, Liz Devine, Brooke Goshorn, Ellie Gross, Abigail Lefeber, Josh Rihner, Eden Shaeffer, and Lael Taylor advanced to state competition and took ninth place among a crowded, exceptional

The HCHS Prom Grand March will begin at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 10 in the high school gym. Doors will open at 3:30 p.m. Entrance will be at the superintendent doors on the southeast side of the high school.You must have a ticket for admission. Due to COVID guidelines, each participant is allowed only 4 family members or spectators for admittance. Admittance is a free will donation.HMU and FMCTC will be broadcasting the grand march live.

 TREYNOR (April 1) -- Danny Kinsella’s late penalty kick proved to be the difference maker Thursday night as Treynor handed Harlan Community a 3-2 defeat in the boys soccer season opener for both squads. Trailing 2-1 at halftime, HCHS tied the score with 24:37 left in the match on Mason Anderson’s back side header goal off a crossing assist from Ashton Lyon. The score remained tied until the 12:17 mark when the Cyclones were called for a foul

 DES MOINES (April 1) -- Kole Branan and Raydden Grobe scored first-half goals for AHSTW and the Vikings were able to hold off Grand View Christian for a season-opening 2-1 road victory Thursday night. Grobe assisted Branan’s goal with a throw-in and later scored unassisted to cap the scoring for AHSTW.

    HARLAN – Harlan water supply issues dating back decades will be addressed in the coming months and years as the Harlan Municipal Utilities looks forward to drilling new wells to serve the community.    Those words come from HMU Chief Executive Officer Ken Weber, who said last week the results of a recent engineering study outlining the water concerns isn’t necessarily new information, but puts an urgency on the situation.    “We’ve got som