HARLAN -- Dorothy Irene Shannon, 96, Harlan, died July 21 at Elm Crest.    Services will be held Wednesday, July 25 at 1 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery in Irwin.  Family will greet friends Tuesday, July 24 from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Vernon Holdsworth, 94, Harlan, died July 20 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Monday, July 23 at 10:30 a.m.

    SHELBY -- Daryl G. Jensen, 74, Shelby, died Thursday, July 19 in Harlan.    Services will be held Wednesday, July 25 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Shelby Cemetery.  Friends may call Tuesday, July 24 from 2-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.

    COUNTY – Shelby County is celebrating 100 years of organized county extension work this year, and was honored with a plaque presented by Dr.

    EARLING – The City of Earling has filed a petition in Shelby County District Court seeking title to an abandoned property within the city limits.    The city filed the petition July 5 under Chapter 657A.10A of the Iowa Code regarding abandoned property.  Defendants in the petition include Vaughn Gross, the State of Iowa Department of Human Services, Shelby County, and other persons in possession.    According to the petition, Gross is the

    HARLAN – The Harlan City Council has passed a resolution allowing for the acquisition of permanent easements near the Harlan Municipal Airport, as per Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) required guidelines.    The council voted 5-0 (Jay Christensen, Jeanna Rudolph, Sharon Kroger, Greg Bladt and Dave Miller aye), authorizing initiation of agricultural land easement acquisition.    The move came after a public hearing Tuesday, July 17 tha

    HARLAN – An Ankeny firm will be the headliner at an open town hall in Harlan tonight for anyone interested in building a new home in the future in Shelby County.    Classic Builders representatives will be available at 6 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, July 24, at the C.G.

HARLAN -- Gussied Up was one of eight businesses in downtown Harlan to receive grant money for facade work.    The storefront was completely redone.

 DES MOINES (July 24) -- You know you’ve got a deep state tournament field when teams with the recent baseball tradition of Solon and Waverly-Shell Rock aren’t even seeded in the top four. That’s the type of competition Harlan Community will be up against this week when the Class 3A State Baseball Tournament gets underway at Principal Park in Des Moines. Of the eight teams in 3A, seven have combined to win 21 state championships, led by Davenp