HARLAN -- Leona Graves, 90, Harlan, died Saturday, Dec. 1 in Moville.    Survivors include her children Janet (Byron) Linden of Moville, Lauree (John) James of Perkins, OK, Rachel (Kurt) Vollers of Central City, NE, Philip (Janet) Graves of Bovill, ID, and Paul (Harriet) Graves of Lowell, MI; 17 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and other family members.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    HARLAN -- Frances M. Johansen, 98, Harlan, died December 1 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Saturday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery at Kimballton.  Family will greet friends Friday, Dec. 7 from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Urban Bernard Henscheid, 91, Harlan, died November 28 at Elm Crest Assisted Living.    Services were held Saturday, Dec. 1 at 11 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery in Westphalia at a later date.  A rosary was held Friday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Family greeted friends Friday from 5-7:30 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Harlan Community school patrons will head to the polls Tuesday, Dec. 11 to cast ballots on a number of issues, including a proposed $28.5 million bond issue as well as renewal votes for the district’s physical plant and equipment levy and instructional support levy.    Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. at the C.G. Therkildsen Ctr.

    COUNTY -- The red kettles are showing up all around Shelby County for the 2018 Salvation Army (SA) Bell Ringing Campaign.  Officials are asking local residents to please don’t pass them by.  Every time you toss your loose change into a counter kettle, or stuff a few bills into a red Salvation Army bucket as you enter Shopko or HyVee, you’re helping someone in your own home county, they say.  Ninety percent of all funds collected in Shelby

    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center provides $2,018,066 in community benefits to Shelby County, according to a recently completed assessment of those programs and services.    Community benefits are activities designed to improve health status and increase access to health care.    Along with uncompensated care (which includes both charity care and debt from services for which the hospital does not collect payment), community benefits include

    REGIONAL – For the first time in years all families and individuals who have asked for assistance thus far via the annual holiday adoption program were adopted at one point last week, but officials say a few more signed up and fortunately there still is time for more needing assistance to sign up as there are plenty of groups and individuals ready to provide that assistance by adopting a family.    Applications for families wishing to be a

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 AVOCA (Nov. 19) -- Claire Harris and Claire Denning combined for 42 points Monday night as the AHSTW girls basketball team took control from the outset and cruised past Woodbine 74-33 in its season opener. The Lady Vikes secured 25 steals in the contest and led 17-6 after one quarter, 39-16 at the half and 64-25 after three. Harris led the way with 22 points, Denning scored 20 and Kinsey Scheffler also hit double digits with 12.