HARLAN -- Laverne A. Clark, 89, Harlan, died August 13 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan. 

    ELK HORN -- George Kintner, 90, Elk Horn, formerly of Harlan, died August 12 at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn.    Services will be held Saturday, Aug. 20 at 10 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation will be Saturday from 9-10 a.m.

    WATERLOO -- Mary Jean Holler Schechinger, 83, Waterloo, formerly of Westphalia, died July 21 at Windsor Care Facility in Cedar Falls.    Services will be held Friday, Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia.    Schechinger was married to Michael Schechinger who died in 2013.  She is survived by daughter Linda (Kevin) Gaul; son John W. (Vicki) Holler, Jr.

    HARLAN -- Gary “Goose” Lee Anderson, 63, Harlan, died August 8 at his home.    Services were held Saturday, Aug. 13 at noon at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial at a later date.    Anderson is survived by mother Delores (Jensen) Anderson of Harlan; spouse Janice (Mansfield) Anderson of Harlan; son Brandon Anderson of Harlan; brothers Rick “Stick” (Annette) Anderson of Harlan and Dennis “Bucket” (Jean) Anderson of Harlan. 

   COUNTY -- New signs to welcome visitors into Shelby County have now been put in place.    The Shelby County Board of Supervisors has authorized the project, which has been in the works for nearly a year.    “They had fallen into disrepair and had weathered a little bit,” said Todd Valline, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry Executive Director.

HARLAN -- As Joyce Gradoville stepped into 1012 Baldwin St., she knew immediately that she was home.  However, Gradoville didn’t realize that her future bed and breakfast would have such a rich history.    “I love the house, I absolutely love it,” Gradoville said, as she learned more about the history of the place.    Levi Franklin Potter was born in 1855 in the Milwaukee area.

    COUNTY – A 41-year-old Irwin man has been charged with vehicular homicide and reckless driving in connection with a car-motorcycle accident July 9 that killed Cole J. Andersen, 46, Irwin.    On Wednesday, Aug.

 DES MOINES -- Harlan Community couldn’t have picked a more perfect time to play its best baseball game of the season. Facing a red-hot Carlisle team renowned for its hitting prowess and gaudy statistics, the Cyclones stole the show with their own brand of balls-to-the-wall pressure offense in Saturday’s Class 3-A state title game at Principal Park. As state championships go, this was a no-doubter. Sparked by a two-run opening salvo in the top

An August thunderstorm dumped between 2.5" - 3" on Harlan in a matter of two hours and the high winds tore numerous limbs across the City of Harlan down. It appeared most of the significant tree limb damage to homes and property was due to rotted limbs that between the weight of the rain, the wind and the weak tree structure sent trees tumbling across town. Apparently its natures way of cleaning up !