FREMONT, NE -- Harlan native Jean Schroeder will mark her 90th birthday on December 7. Her family is planning a card shower in her honor.    Cards will reach her if sent to 652 W 21st Street, Apt 204, Fremont, NE  68025. Her immediate family is celebrating Jean’s birthday with a dinner in Fremont.

    REGIONAL – The annual holiday adoption program continues this week with needy families hoping to receive some assistance this holiday season.    Applications for families wishing to be adopted will be accepted now until this Friday, Dec.

    HARLAN -- Patricia K. Ratigan, 64, Harlan, died November 28 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services were held Saturday, Nov. 30 at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St.

    HARLAN -- Bonnie Petersen, 95, Harlan, died November 25.    A memorial service and burial will be held at a later date.    Petersen is survived by children Rick (Patty) of Jacksonville, FL, Linda (Ben) Post of Harlan, Lori (Bob) Simpson of Austin, TX and Todd (Mary) of Harlan; brother Richard (Lile) Petersen; nine grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. 

    COUNTY -- The Shelby County Community Foundation announced last week grants totaling $35,825 were awarded to Shelby County nonprofit agencies.

    REGIONAL – The annual holiday adoption program continues this week with needy families hoping to receive some assistance this holiday season.    Applications for families wishing to be adopted will be accepted now until December 6.  Children 18 and under, along with elderly ages 65+, who are at or below 175 percent poverty level (or LIHEAP eligible) may apply.    For those donating, they can deliver gifts to WCCA’s Outreach Office on the d

    ELK HORN -- 2019 is the 41st anniversary of the Danish Villages of Elk Horn and Kimballton, Iowa’s Christmas celebration called Julefest, which will be held on November 29-30.  The important elements of a Danish Christmas – good food, warm hospitality, flickering candles and other decorations – will all be a part of this weekend’s Friday and Saturday event.

    ELK HORN -- Stanley Nichols, 80, Elk Horn, died November 23 at the Salem Lutheran Home.    A memorial service and masonic service will be held Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial at a later date.  Family will greet friends Wednesday from 9-11 a.m.

    HARLAN – Board leadership in the Harlan Community Schools will remain the same for the next year as Amy Rueschenberg and Jessica Anderson were elected Monday, Nov.