Looking to attend today's 2018 Shelby County Fair, see the map for the best place to sit - and be sure and get out of that sun - whew it's gonna be a hot one.....but it's Fair Week...it always is!

    HARLAN -- Donald Dean Andersen, 85, Harlan, died July 4 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services were held Saturday, July 7 at 10:30 a.m.

    COUNTY -- Twelve young women are in the running to be crowned Shelby County Fair Queen this week.    Coronation will take place Thursday evening, July 12 in the show ring at the fairgrounds at 8 p.m.

COUNTY -- The Shelby County Fair has added a cake decorating contest to the long list of food-related contests for 4-H students.    The contest was first introduced through a cake decorating workshop with Beth Klein, a baker at HyVee.    Mallory Mulligan is in 9th grade and has been a part of 4-H since 3rd grade.    “I am involved in lots of static exhibits; clothing, fashion show, Best of Iowa, pie baking, Share the Fun, and lots of rabbits,”

    HARLAN -- Goozman’s Westside Lounge was one of eight businesses in downtown Harlan to receive grant money for facade work.   Owners are Keith and Cindy Kaufman.

    WESTPHALIA -- A renewal of vows and marriage blessing for Mary Schechinger and Daniel Olson both of State Center were held on April 21, 2018 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia.    Father Ross Epping of Bettendorf performed the renewal and marriage blessing ceremony.

 KIMBALLTON (June 29) -- With its 7-1 first-inning lead cut down to one run, the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team responded with five runs during the fourth and fifth frames and finished off Glidden-Ralston 12-6 on Friday to avenge a 10-run loss earlier this season. The Spartans picked up two more home wins Saturday, beating Audubon 11-5 and Boyer Valley 3-2 to finish the regular season on a seven-game winning streak. Mollie Rasmussen,

 ELK HORN (June 29) -- Cole Burmeister pitched six scoreless innings and also had a big night at the plate Friday to lead Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton to an 8-0 baseball win over Glidden-Ralston. Limited by a rib muscle problem early in the season, according to coach Trevor Miller, Burmeister (2-1) was able to go six innings for the second consecutive start and allowed just three hits. He walked two and struck out nine.

 RED OAK (June 28) -- Setting the tone with a 14-run top of the first in game one, the Harlan Community baseball team clinched its second straight Hawkeye Ten Conference title Thursday night with a doubleheader sweep at Red Oak, winning 22-3 (in four innings) and 7-2. Originally scheduled to be played in Harlan, the games were moved to Red Oak due to a heavy morning rain at Jim Goeser Field. The 2nd-ranked Cyclones sent 20 batters to the plate