ELK HORN -- Roy Lee Fries, 85, Elk Horn, died March 6 at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn.    Services will be held Monday, March 11 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Family will greet friends Sunday, March 10 from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home.  Visitation is Sunday from 2-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Terry Carley, 75, Avoca, died March 6 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Monday, March 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Family will greet friends Sunday, March 10 from 5-7 p.m.

    AVOCA -- David Lynn Jorgensen, 70, Avoca, died March 5 at Avoca Specialty Care.    Services will be held Saturday, March 9 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Family will greet friends Friday, March 8 from 6-8 p.m.

    HARLAN – Bob Mahoney says let the school board do its job.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Community School Board had what could be its final interaction with Harlan resident Larry Trickel Monday evening, March 4, answering numerous questions Trickel had presented to the board and board legal counsel (sometimes directly) over the last few months regarding the investigation of HCS Superintendent of Schools Justin Wagner, before announcing it was done spending any more time on Trickel’s escapades.    It was an

    HARLAN – Harlan Community Schools jazz groups competed well at the Hoover Jazz Festival last weekend, taking home first and third place honors in the Class 3A high school division, and second and fourth place finishes in the middle school division.    The Harlan Jazz Experience took first place and Harlan Jazz Ensemble third place.  Jazz Ensemble members earning solo awards included Taryn Viereck, Evan Finken, Mallory Mulligan and Griffin

    IRWIN -- The family of Arline Gans of Irwin is planning a card shower in honor of her 95th birthday on March 14. Cards will reach her if sent to PO Box 277, Irwin, IA 51446.    Her children are Lorna (deceased) and Dave Wahling, Shelby; Lana and Rich Schwieso, Irwin; Marty Monson, Shelby; and the late Jon Gans, who was a Grand Rapids, MI resident. 

DUNLAP -- Marie Heller of Dunlap will celebrate her 102nd birthday on March 15. A reception in her honor will be held on March 17 at 2 p.m. at the Dunlap Nursing & Rehab Center in Dunlap.    The event will be hosted by her many nieces and nephews. Friends and relatives are invited to attend.

    WESTPHALIA -- Alison Goetzinger and Eric Croghan both of Earling exchanged marriage vows at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia on October 20, 2018. Deacon Jim DeBlauw performed the 3 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Larry and Julie Goetzinger, Westphalia; and Bob and Janet Croghan, Portsmouth.    Grandparents of the bride are the late Edward and Agnes Goetzinger; and the late Louis and Rita Weihs.