STATE -- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) last week announced the launch of the new Iowa County Fairs Relief Program.    The program will provide short-term relief to eligible county and district fairs for the purpose of continuing or resuming operations in the context of the public health emergency.

    OAKLAND -- Lynn Harold Jacobsen, 72, Oakland, died October 29 at home.    Graveside services were held Saturday, Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. at Oak Hill Cemetery in Hancock.    Jacobsen is survived by brothers Larry Jacobsen of Hancock and Lon (Diane) Jacobsen of Avoca; and sisters Kay Prine of Council Bluffs and Cheroylene (Jay) Holder of Spring Valley, CA.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca was in charge of arrangements.

SHELBY COUNTY CONFIRMED CASES:  430Recovered:  359  
Negative:  2,612 
Pending:  22

Unofficial Votes are in for Shelby County.

Trump carries the county 69.31% to 28.84% for Biden.

Watch the Harlan Newspapers this week for full election results.

 LOGAN (Oct. 23) -- The Logan-Magnolia defense held IKM-Manning to 73 total yards and four first downs last Friday night, ending the Wolves’ season 27-6 in a Class A second round playoff football game. The sixth-ranked Panthers (7-1) advanced to the round of 16 and hosted Riverside (8-1) on October 30.

 REGIONAL (Oct. 23) -- The AHSTW girls cross country team is headed back to the state meet in Fort Dodge.

It's been a steady stream of voters for the Harlan wards 1-4 today. Shelby County Auditor and Election Commissioner Mark Maxwell says the county has seen 4,300 absentee ballots as of this morning, and turnout today is strong as well. In 2016 there were 3,100 absentee ballots in total.
Watch here for Shelby County election results later tonight after the polls close at 9 p.m.

 HARLAN (Oct.

 TREYNOR (Oct. 21) -- AHSTW was competitive in the final two sets but couldn’t extend the match beyond three in Wednesday night’s Class 2A regional quarterfinal loss at Treynor. The Cardinals (16-9) prevailed in a sweep (25-16, 25-20, 25-23) and advanced to play at 9th-ranked Underwood (25-5) in a Region 3 semifinal.