MANILLA – Joan Bauer knew she was dying.      So did Keith Rasmussen.

    REGIONAL – Dawn Klein admits it’s difficult to single out the most heartbreaking patient case of COVID-19 she has treated.  She has worked with so many over the past few months, and each one has been trying and tragic.    “I do have one case that will stick with me for a very long time, though,” she said.    Klein, a hospice nurse/case manager with Myrtue Medical Center, Harlan,  provides direct care to terminally ill patients.  She’s resp

    REGIONAL -- The Shelby County Board of Health has updated its recommendations this week, suggesting that it’s in the best interest of the community and children to have them learn in-person at this time.    In a statement released Friday, Nov. 6, Dr.

    MISSOURI VALLEY -- Rosalie Williams, 91, Missouri Valley, died Tuesday, Nov. 3 at Longview Nursing Home in Missouri Valley.    Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 14 at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Missouri Valley.  Visitation is Saturday from 10-11 a.m.

    PERSIA -- Victor Thorton Bird, 75, Persia, died November 6 at his home.    Services will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Shelby Cemetery at Shelby.  Visitation is Wednesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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 FORT DODGE (Oct. 31) -- Near the end of a grueling five-kilometer race at Saturday’s State Cross Country Meet, IKM-Manning senior Quentin Dreyer charged into the final straightaway - about 500 meters to go - and knew what had to be done. “It was about halfway through that stretch that I realized this could quite possibly be my last cross country race ever,” Dreyer said.

If you have not checked this out yet.....Clappy Hour from a grain bin in Shelby. Amazing acoustics. From Shelby native and HCHS Alum Alicia Rau. Will give you chills.....
 
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