Harlan - Michael Elliot Wellman, 46 died Friday, August 7 at his home in Harlan.    Visitation is Wed., August 12 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Roger Frank Ewert, 78, Harlan, died August 3 at his home.    Services will be held Saturday, Aug. 22 at 3 p.m. at Congregational United Church of Christ, Harlan.  Visitation is Saturday from 1-3 p.m.

    Harlan - Timothy Jacobsen, 40, of Harlan, died on Sunday, August 9, 2020 at UNMC in Omaha.      Visitation is Friday, August 14 from 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.

    Tennant - Arletha Hockett, 92, of Tennant died on Sunday, August 9, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs.      Visitation is Friday, August 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home, Harlan with funeral services at  11 a.m.

    Avoca - died on Tuesday, August 4, 2020, at Avoca Specialty Care in Avoca.    A memorial service and private inurenment will be held at a later date    He is survived by his wife, Jo (Morris) Warden; six children and their spouses, Mike (Deb Reiss) Warden,  Gillian (Keith) Walker, Doug (Joy Meader) Warden, Lincoln Warden, Anne (Mark) Harrison, Sam (Laurie Colbert) Warden; one sister, Meg Hartmen; 17 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchil

 DENISON -- Jason Fusselman (#55 car) of Avoca was the points champion in the Culver’s of Carroll IMCA Hobby Stock Class in the 2nd annual Arnold Motor Supply Midwest Madness Tour, presented by Western Iowa Racing Results. The tour was held June 27-July 3 with racing held seven consecutive nights on seven different tracks. The event started at Shelby County Speedway in Harlan and finished at Crawford County Speedway in Denison.

 PORTSMOUTH (Aug. 5) -- Ryan Doran represented Walnut with two home runs, two doubles and six RBI and Trevor Jameson (Massena) also homered as part of a 3-for-4 night as the American League defeated the National League 10-0 in eight innings here Wednesday in the Iowa Western Baseball League’s All-Star Game. Shea Patterson (Massena) won the Home Run Derby prior to the game by hitting 18 balls over the fence.

 HARLAN -- The Shelby County Speedway announced Wednesday (Aug. 5) that it has cancelled racing action for Saturday, August 8, due to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Shelby County. The track tentatively plans to resume racing on Saturday, August 15. Last week’s races were also called off due to rain.

 A total of 43 senior baseball and softball players from the Hawkeye Ten Conference, including Harlan Community's Connor Bruck, have been named to the league’s Summer Sports All-Academic Award list for 2020. All-Academic criteria includes being a senior letter winner with a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher during their high school career.