Western Iowa Conf. Cross Country Meet • Thursday, Oct. 11 • at Audubon

    EARLING -- Helen M. Frederick, 91, Earling, died October 17 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Saturday, Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St.

    After one too many tequila shots, Monica woke up in the same state she had been the night before: drunk. My friends and I noticed her drunken stupor after her purchase of a small drum with “Jerusselm” misspelled on its front.

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Police Department and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office are hampering the drug activity efforts in the community with an increase in the number of narcotic-related arrests in recent months.    The Harlan Police Department netted a total of 27 different narcotic-related charges filed in Shelby County during August, and 43 in September.  The sheriff’s office had 16 in August, and point to the utilization of its new K-9 unit

    EARLING -- Earling Fire Chief Tom Henrich died in the line of duty Saturday, Oct. 20 after responding to a combine fire near Earling.    Shelby County Emergency Management reports that on Saturday, Oct.

    HARLAN -- A Harlan man has filed a petition in Shelby County court seeking $4,000 in damages from the City of Harlan due to injuries he allegedly suffered due to an overgrown bush.    Gary L.

HARLAN -- J.D. Scholten, the Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Iowa’s 4th congressional district, held a town-hall meeting in Harlan Thursday, Oct. 18.  A good crowd turned out to hear from Scholten at the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry offices. 

    EARLING -- Helen Frederick, 91, Earling, died Wednesday, Oct. 17 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Survivors include her children Ron (Deb) Frederick, Linda Drumm, Connie (Larry) Stoke, JoAnn (Val) McPhearson, Joyce (Dave) Naber, Judy (John) Schrecengost and Patti (Don) Bogler; siblings Charles (Bonnie) Tremel, Kenneth (Betty) Tremel and Ralph (Elaine) Tremel.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    HARLAN -- An investigation into Harlan Community Schools Superintendent Justin Wagner’s military leave from the district has uncovered inaccuracies and leave he failed to disclose and did not enter on his calendar, resulting in Wagner having to pay back to the district monies he was not entitled to receive.    Wagner was on military leave September 5-8, 2017 and again January 9-12, 2018, but failed to enter the leave into the district’s ab