JACKSONVILLE -- Allen “Guz” Goeser, 64, Jacksonville, died July 11 at his home.    Services are pending.    He is survived by daughter Brandi (Jon) Hallstrom of Council Bluffs; son James (Tiffany Powers) Goeser of Harlan; sisters Arlene Zacharias of Persia, Theresa (Denny) Holtz of Walnut and Karen Hess of Dunlap; brother Marvin (Wendy) Goeser of Gainseville, TX; and grandchildren Keyton Francis, Lukas Francis, Tyler Hallstrom, Addison Hal

    ARNOLDS PARK -- Gordon Edward Ohm, 90, Arnolds Park, died July 10 at his home.    Services will be held Friday, July 15 at noon at United Church of Avoca in Avoca with burial Saturday, July 16 at 1 p.m. at the Westlawn Cemetery in Orange City.  Visitation was Thursday, July 14 from noon-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Family and friends of Dorothy Ann (Schultz) Carroll are invited to help her celebrate her 85th birthday on Saturday, July 23 from 2-4 p.m. at Edgington Memorial Park in Avoca.    The event will be hosted by her children, Diane (Jonathan) Roos, Donna (James) Doolittle, Duane (Lynne) Carroll, and Dwight Carroll.   

    WEBSTER CITY -- Heather Carlberg and Matthew Bruck both of Stratford, IA will marry on August 27 in a ceremony at Briggs Woods Golf Course in Webster City.    Parents of the couple are Dale and Tina Carlberg, Stratford, and Wayne and Brenda Bruck, Harlan.

    KIMBALLTON -- Nicole Kay Schechinger and Todd Joseph Shults both of Westphalia were married on April 2, 2016 at the Cottonwood Barn in Kimballton. The 3 p.m. double ring ceremony was performed by Pastor Steve Kerr.    Parents of the couple are Tom and Kay Schechinger, Harlan; and William and Kathy Pickens, Harlan.

    COUNTY -- Twelve young women are in the running to be crowned Shelby County Fair Queen this week.    Coronation will take place Thursday evening, July 14 in the new show ring at the fairgrounds at 8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- As the Shelby County Fair gets closer, the Rueschenberg family starts participating in some sweet sibling rivalry.    “It can get kind of crazy in the family,” said Amy Rueschenberg, the mother.    The 4-H groups are split up into older and younger age groups. The younger group bakes muffins while the older ones can choose between apple and cherry pies. Most of the groups split up into teams of two to prepare their dessert. 

    HARLAN -- Brian Klein, Panama, sprays water at his friends during fair clean up in the show ring on Wednesday, July 6.  Shelby County 4-H’ers spent the day cleaning up the fairgrounds in anticipation for the Shelby County Fair this week.

    HARLAN -- The Harlan City Council met on Tuesday, July 5, at 5:15 p.m. and addressed fuel bids, grants, dates to take note of and city ordinance.    One of the action items was the fuel bids for the fiscal years of 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. Bids were submitted by Agriland FS which offered 10 cents off the daily pumped price, FSC which bid eight cents off and Taylor’s Quick Pik that gave three cents off.