MARICOPA, AZ -- Kenneth Thielen, 84, Maricopa, AZ, died May 6 in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, May 11 at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A wake service will be held Friday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation is Friday from 4-8 p.m.

    COUNTY – A local business has stepped forward to claim responsibility for tearing up a recently-rocked road in Shelby County, and has offered to make restitution by paying for rock and required maintenance of the road. 

    HARLAN – Long-time Harlan Community Schools Board of Education member Lonnie Muxfeldt has resigned from the board.    Muxfeldt submitted a resignation letter dated Monday, May 6 to Kelli Klaassen secretary of the school board, which read, “Effective upon receipt of this letter, I hereby resign my position of representing District 3 of the Harlan Community School District.” 

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Community School District will begin the process of obtaining an interim superintendent for the 2019-20 school year.  School board members Monday gave consensus that an interim superintendent versus a shared superintendent would be better for the district for the next school year. 

    HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools Justin Wagner have signed off on a resignation agreement that will effectively bring to a close Wagner’s nine-year role as the district’s lead administrator.    The board voted 6-0 Monday, May 6 approving the resignation agreement that had been signed by Wagner two days prior on May 4.    The agreement brings to an end a lengthy process whereby the board

 OAKLAND (April 30) -- AHSTW’s Ryann Portch and Drake Partridge combined to win four individual gold medals and seven overall Tuesday night, emerging as the top area point winners at the Western Iowa Conference Track & Field Championships held in Oakland. Portch won the girls’ open 400 and 800 titles while Partridge swept the boys’ 100 and 200.

 MONDAMIN (April 29) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton’s boys and girls track teams combined to win three relay golds at the Rolling Valley Conference Meet here Monday, placing fifth and seventh, respectively, in the final team standings. Woodbine swept the RVC team titles in impressive fashion. The Tiger boys won nine events and outscored CAM 173-105 while Boyer Valley won four golds and placed third with 96.

 ATLANTIC (April 29) -- Impressive field-event throws from Caleb Bieker and Lauren Andersen proved to be the top Harlan Community track highlights Monday as the Cyclone boys placed third and the girls finished fifth in the Atlantic Trojan Co-Ed Relays. Bieker put together his best day of the season with second-place marks of 164 feet, five inches, in the discus and an even 51 feet in the shot put, approaching both of his personal bests from a

    ADAIR -- Larry and Beth Hagedorn of Irwin announce the engagement of their daughter, Jody to Tanner Pease both of Stuart. He is the son of Mary Pease, Stuart, and the late Jeff Pease.    The couple will exchange marriage vows on June 15 in a ceremony at the Schafer Barn on the Hill near Adair.