MANNING -- Margaret “Marge” Croghan, 91, Manning, died Sunday, Nov. 1 at Regency Park in Carroll.    Private family Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday, Nov. 5 at Sacred Heart Church in Manning with burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Manning.    While in-person attendance is reserved for family, the Mass was live-streamed on the Ohde Funeral Home Facebook® page.
 

    COUNTY -- In the month of October, Shelby County has seen a 49% increase in COVID cases for a total number of 131 cases in this month alone.    On October 29, there were 17 new positive cases in just one day.

 HARLAN (Oct. 30) -- Say what you will about comparative scores and overall body of work. The Carlisle football team is definitely peaking at the right time. The surging Wildcats (6-3) will travel to Merrill Field Friday night for a Class 3A third round playoff game against 2nd-ranked Harlan Community (8-0).

 AUDUBON (Oct.

 GUTHRIE CENTER (Oct. 23) -- IKM-Manning senior Quentin Dreyer will be making a return trip to Fort Dodge following an impressive fourth-place showing at last Friday’s Class 1A State Qualifying Cross Country Meet at ACGC High School. The Wolves nearly punched a team ticket to the state meet as well, but finished seven points behind East Marshall for the second-place qualifying spot.

    HARLAN -- The congregation at Faith Family Church, Harlan, showed how kindness and generosity are still alive and well in the greater Shelby County area as they took up a collection this past month for a parishioner who is battling cancer and his wife who lost her job due to COVID-19, while also providing a vehicle for an elderly woman in the congregation in need of reliable transportation.    “It was a wonderful surprise to receive the fi

    IOWA CITY -- Marie Ohlinger is one of the 247 University of Iowa students who are members of the 2020 Hawkeye Marching Band, one of the “top 10 college marching bands in the nation,” according to CNN Headline News and one of the Big Ten Conference’s marching bands whose halftime show is “worth the watch,” according to Sports Illustrated.    Ohlinger, the daughter of Dave and Bev Ohlinger, is from Portsmouth and plays the alto saxophone.

    HARLAN – The Harlan City Council has signed off on the purchase of a new fire truck to serve the city.    The $582,488 Enforcer pumper truck base bid comes from Reliant Fire Apparatus, Inc., Slinger, WI, through the government procurement service HGAC.  It’s the first time the city has contracted with the cooperative for an equipment purchase, which routinely provides for lower costs than if a city would seek out bids on its own.    “The o

    HARLAN – Harlan Community School District patrons are being asked to provide input via a stakeholder survey regarding the selection of a permanent superintendent of schools to lead the district into the future.    The survey will be available soon, and will be online for roughly two weeks.  Grundmeyer Leader Services, LLC is hired as the search firm leading the HCS Board of Education through the search process.    “We recommend a stakehold