WHITE SANDS MISSLE RANGE, NM – Two former Harlanites recently participated in the Bataan Memorial Death March in New Mexico and took top five honors in the event.    The Bataan Memorial Death March is a challenging march through the high desert terrain of the White Sands Missile Range.

    OMAHA -- Gail and Robin Peterson of Shelby announce the engagement of their daughter, Taylor to AJ Urban both of Omaha. AJ is the son of Joe and Cindy Urban, Omaha.    The couple will exchange vows on May 18 in a ceremony at Noah’s Event Venue in Omaha. 

    EARLING -- Don and Lorraine Graeve of Earling will mark 50 years of marriage on April 26. The couple celebrated with a family dinner on April 12 at Champions Run in Omaha.

"I’ve tried my level best to stay neutral during this, to give Justin the benefit of the doubt, but that ship has sailed. To hijack patriotism as a last-gasp effort to camouflage a shady past is unconscionable and against everything I fought for...and so many have died for." -- Bob Mahoney

"I respect all military and all the sacrifices that come with this, but this is not what anyone is questioning," Daniels said.  Her husband has served in the Army/National Guard for 20 years and was deployed for 1 1/2 years.

Matt Carver addressed a sizeable crowd of teachers and community members at a school board meeting Monday, saying some in the Harlan Community have attacked Wagner for his service to the country.  Carver, who identified himself as legal services director for School Administrators of Iowa and as a member of the Iowa National Guard who has served with Supt.

    HARLAN -- Kay C. Hupp, 80, Harlan, died Monday, April 15 in Harlan.    No services are planned.  Friends may call Friday, April 19 from 3-8 p.m. with family to greet friends from 5-7 p.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.    Hupp is survived by her husband, Lowell Hupp, of Harlan; five children, five stepchildren, sister Mary Crosby of Coventry, VT, six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends.

    OMAHA, NE -- Arlene Davis, 94, Omaha, NE, died April 14 at Remington Heights.    Services were held Thursday, April 18 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Layton Township Cemetery in Walnut.  Visitation was Thursday from 10-10:45 a.m.

    HARLAN – Harlan Community’s superintendent of schools is being deployed overseas.  Justin Wagner announced this week he will be leaving mid-June and will not return until February, 2020.    Wagner said it’s with great pride and honor that he’s been notified he’ll be deployed overseas serving in a senior level position working in a classified capacity.    Serving Iowa and the United States is both humbling for him and a most purposeful expe