HARLAN -- Gerald John Schiltz, 92, Harlan, died November 24 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    A private family funeral service was held Monday, Nov. 30 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Portsmouth.    Schiltz is survived by daughter Sandy Kenkel of Harlan and son Roger Schiltz of Council Bluffs.
 

    HARLAN -- Alvin Reinig, 95, Harlan, died November 22 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    A private family Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, Nov. 27 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St.

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 19) -- It was an ugly ending to an otherwise unblemished season of Harlan Community football. But for at least a half, the 2nd-ranked Cyclones hung right with No.

 MARSHALLTOWN (Nov. 14) -- Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln’s 400-yard freestyle relay team of Aubri Smith, Claire Crilly, Aurora Miller and Elaina Vrchoticky rebroke their school record and placed above their seed at the 2020 Girls State Swimming and Diving Meet held November 13-14 at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA. Smith, a senior, and sophomores Miller and Vrchoticky are all Harlan Community High School students while Crilly attends Underwood.

 CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 19) -- The Iowa High School Athletic Association’s six football championship games, including Thursday night’s Harlan Community vs.

 STATE (Nov. 16) -- As part of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ new Public Health Disaster proclamation on Monday night, all organized youth and adult sports activities of any size have been suspended until at least 11:59 p.m. on December 10.

 AREA (Nov. 23) -- Some games and scrimmages have already been postponed due to COVID-19. Others are set to go on.

    CEDAR FALLS — An unforgettable Harlan Community football season ended in the Class 3A state championship game Thursday night, Nov.

    HARLAN -- Robert “Bob” Hoogensen of Harlan will mark his 75th birthday on November 28. His family is requesting a card shower in his honor.