HARLAN –  City officials said they attended a city parks and recreation board meeting in 2015 and read a letter offering why they felt playground equipment was necessary in the area.  If funding would have been available the equipment would have been installed immediately, but it took time to raise the needed funds for the project.    The equipment recently was purchased from Boland Recreation for $19,881, and includes three pieces – a typ

    COUNTY -- Non-profit agencies within Shelby County will have until the end of August to complete applications for funding from Shelby County Community Chest (SCCC). Funds from SCCC are made possible by the generosity of local donors to the SCCC annual fund drive which will be taking place this fall.

    EARLING -- David Frum has always been an entrepreneur. Happily married with five sons, he lives in Earling working at his printing shop and managing the Dairy Queen in Denison.

    HARLAN -- John and Myra Buman of Harlan will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on August 16. They plan to celebrate with their family at a later date.

    OMAHA -- Dr. Rhiannon Rognstad and Peter Knudtson were married on April 27, 2019 at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Omaha. Rev. Greg Baxter performed the 2 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Judy and Ralph Rognstad Jr., Marshall, NC; and Lynn and Maria Knudtson, Omaha.

 REGIONAL -- Kylie Powers of Irwin competed well in two rounds of qualifiers for the Drive, Chip & Putt Championships during the past month at Omaha and Fort Dodge. Powers, the daughter of Tom and Sherry Powers and an incoming freshman at IKM-Manning High School this fall, placed third overall in the Girls 14-15 year-old division in a local qualifier held June 30 at Oak Hills Country Club in Omaha.

 BENNINGTON, NEB. -- Earling native Scott Heese has been named the 2018-2019 Nebraska Coaches Association Hudl Baseball Coach of the Year for all classes. Heese was presented his award on July 21 at the NCA Awards Banquet in Lincoln. Coaches of the year are selected by their peers for service to their respective sport and for the success they have had in recent years.

 AREA -- Five players from AHSTW and three from Harlan Community were named to the 2019 Boys All-State Soccer teams released in June by the Iowa High School Soccer Coaches Association. The list of area honorees includes four first-teamers: Seth Kiesel, Brayton Tuma and Adrian Herrera from AHSTW and Levi Culp from HCHS. AHSTW and HCHS both reached the substate final round of the playoffs in Class 1A and 2A, respectively, this past season.

 MISSOURI VALLEY -- Sixty-three members of the Harlan Community Summer Swim Team competed in the Western Iowa Swim League conference meet on Saturday, July 13, at Missouri Valley. Harlan scored 1,278.5 points and won its 13th straight conference crown by a dominating margin to continue its recent run of success.