COUNCIL BLUFFS (Nov. 2) -- It’s a tall task that awaits the Harlan Community football team Friday night, but also an enviable one. Forty-six Class 3A squads watching from the outside of the playoffs this week would love to still be playing. “Absolutely,” said HCHS head coach Curt Bladt, who is currently guiding his 36th Cyclone playoff team in 41 years at the helm.

    OAKLAND -- Shirley Ann Hoffmann, 81, Oakland, died October 30 at the Oakland Manor Nursing Home.    Services will be held Friday, Nov. 2 at 10:30 a.m. at United Church of Avoca in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Family greeted friends Thursday, Nov. 1 from 6-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Roxanne Marie Martin, 62, Harlan, died October 28 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Saturday, Nov. 3 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial at a later date.  Family will greet friends Saturday from 1-2 p.m.

    REGIONAL -- Voters will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 6 in a general election that will see a number of state and federal races for office, but only one local contested race -- that being for county supervisor.    Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-9 p.m.

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Community Schools Board of Education voted 5-0 Monday, Oct.

EARLING -- The funeral processional for Earling Fire Chief Tom Henrich was held Saturday, Oct. 27 in Earling, with his casket and fire gear being carried to the St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery aboard an Earling fire truck.  Fire trucks from across Iowa, with firefighters aboard, attended to pay tribute to the chief and were part of the processional.    Henrich died while responding to a combine fire call near Earling Saturday, Oct. 20.

    REGIONAL -- On Saturday, Oct. 6, IKM-Manning’s Coby Fineran and Beth Hagedorn attended the Truck Convoy for Special Olympics, a national one-day celebration of the trucking company industry, allied partners and law enforcement all working together to help raise money for Special Olympics Iowa.    The morning started started off with an auction to see which three trucks would lead the Convoy, which raised a total of $20,000.

    DES MOINES -- High school students from 27 U.S. states and territories and 10 countries were selected to attend the 25th Annual Global Youth Institute October 17-20 in Des Moines.    Jayden Swanson from Harlan Community High School was among the 210 students selected to attend the prestigious three-day conference.

    ROCK ISLAND, IL -- Madeline Knott and Andrew Alward both of Chicago, IL were married on June 1, 2018 at the Water Town Lodge in Rock Island. The 5:30 p.m. ceremony was performed by Officiant Adam Williams, cousin of bride.    Parents of the couple are Robert and Jayne Knott, Bettendorf; and Phil and Vicki Alward, Decatur, IL.    Grandparents of the bride are Judy Knott, Harlan, and the late Floyd Knott.