HARLAN -- Leroy Allen Bubke, 74, Harlan, died February 24 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 28 at 11 a.m. at Morgan Township Cemetery in Schleswig.    Bubke is survived by sons Rick (Merry) Hadfield of Beaver Lake, NE, Mike (Paula) Hadfield of Harlan, and George Hadfield of St.

    ROANOKE, VA -- Troy Michael Bomstad, 50, Roanoke, VA, died February 18 at his home.    Services will be held Friday, March 3 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Oak Hill Cemetery at Irwin.  Visitation is Friday from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Community Schools raised more than $250 last Tuesday evening for The Native Fund.  As part of the fundraiser, some staff were recipients of a pie in the face, including vocal director Chase Schoemaker.  Administering the blow is junior Kara Rueschenberg.  HCHS’s Ellen Keast is president of the Iowa Association of Student Councils, and said each year the group partners with a non-profit organization to help raise funds,

    ELK HORN – The first-annual Tivoli Fest World Aebleskiver Eating Championships will be held this year during the Tivoli Fest celebration in Elk Horn, with hopes of bringing professional eaters from across the nation to the community to show off their eating skills.    Major League Eating and International Federation of Competitive Eating officially have sanctioned the event, announcing it as a “delicious new culinary discipline” to add to

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Municipal Utilities and the City of Harlan will be increasing their contributions to the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, following actions this past week.    The HMU Board has agreed to increase its industrial development contribution from $25,000 to $40,000 beginning with the HMU fiscal year July 1. Management said the money would come equally from the electric and gas utilities budgets.

    IRWIN -- Three students and one adult were injured when a school bus and wide load vehicle collided in foggy conditions east of Irwin Tuesday, Feb. 21.    Shelby County Sheriff reports indicate deputies were called out at about 8:15 a.m.

    COUNTY -- The finalists for the 2017 Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry Awards have been announced, as follows:•  Business of the Year:  Milk & Honey, 4 Seasons Travel, Beauty N the Beast.•  New Business of the Year:  Living Well Home Care and American Wealth Group.•  Non-Profit Business of the Year:  Salem Lutheran Homes and Rehabilitation Center, and West Central Community Action.•  Citizen/Volunteer of the Year:  Roger S

    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center and Harlan Community School are collaborating together to provide a free community educational “notMYkid…or is it? What We Don’t Know” seminar, slated for Thursday, March 2 from 6-8 p.m. at the Harlan Community High School auditorium.

 DES MOINES -- The last time Harlan Community had a top-four medalist at the State Wrestling Tournament, current senior Jacob Wingert was in second grade. Wingert personally ended the drought Saturday with a fourth-place finish at 170 pounds in Class 2-A.