CENTERVILLE -- Tyler James Jacobsen, 47, Centerville, formerly of Harlan, died Monday, June 4 at his home.    Services will be held Saturday, June 9 at 1 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home.  Visitation will take place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Linda Irene (Jensen) Wittmann, 64, Avoca, died Saturday, June 2 at UNMC in Omaha, NE.    Services were held Wednesday, June 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, NE.    Wittmann is survived by her husband, Dick Wittmann; daughter Mia (Kyle Herek) Lippold of Omaha; sisters Chris (Dennis) Strudthoff of Canton, GA and Cindy (Tom) Heilig of Harlan; and brother Bob Jensen of Phoenix, AZ. 

HARLAN -- A successful Color Run for the Cure was held Saturday, June 2 at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.  It’s the fifth year that Kara Rueschenberg and Jacob Bartley have organized the Color Run, and during those five years there have been more than 800 participants and more than $12,000 has been raised and donated to the American Cancer Society. 

    COUNTY – The race for county supervisor is now headed to the general election this November as incumbent democrat Roger Schmitz and republican challenger Darin Haake officially move on from Tuesday’s primary election.    Haake garnered 375 votes on the republican ticket while Schmitz gathered 277 votes on the democratic ballot.  There were a handful of write-in votes on each ticket.    The supervisor race is the only local contested race a

    WALNUT -- In May 2016, students walked out of the Walnut school for the last time.

    SHELBY -- Six fire departments helped battle a structure fire at 3376 Yates Rd.

    HARLAN -- The operating and capital budgets for the 2018-2019 fiscal year at Myrtue Medical Center have been approved by MMC’s Board of Trustees. MMC Chief Financial Officer Kristy Hansen provided an outline of both budgets at the recent board meeting.Operating budget review    Myrtue Medical is budgeting net operating revenue to grow 5.3 percent from an anticipated $40.8 million in 2018 to $43 million in 2019.

    REGIONAL -- The Shelby County Trails Board's application for the Wellmark Foundation's Large Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) $100,000 Grant has been approved.    These funds will be used along with other funds to build a Ballpark to Ballpark trail along Highway 191 in western Shelby County.

    ALEXANDRIA, MN -- Ruben and Evelyn Jensen of Alexandria will observe their 68th wedding anniversary on June 11. Their family is planning a card shower in their honor.    Cards will reach them if sent to 1812 Darling Avenue East #257, Alexandria, MN 56308. The couple has two daughters, Ilene and Steve Kahler, and Loraine Jensen. Evelyn and Ruben have four grandchildren.