HARLAN -- Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Gaul, 89, Harlan, died January 28 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Friday, Feb. 5 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery at Earling.  A Catholic Daughters Rosary will be held Thursday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation will be Thursday from 4-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Jana Wolken and Tyler Lefeber both of Memphis, TN exchanged marriage vows at First United Methodist Church in Harlan on May 9, 2015. The 3 p.m. double ring ceremony was performed by Pastor Darwin Moore.    Parents of the couple are Chuck and Ann Wolken, Harlan; and Dean and Cindy Lefeber, Harlan. 

    COUNTY – Local political chairpersons are excited about caucus night next Monday, and are urging residents to turn out and participate in the process that will ultimately vault presidential hopefuls into frontrunner status.    The countdown to the caucus is on, with only a few days left until the eyes of the nation will be squarely on Iowa.  The Republican and Democratic caucuses will be Monday evening, Feb.

    HARLAN – Shelby County Catholic School, along with other Catholic schools across the nation, will celebrate Catholic Schools Week January 31-February 5.    Catholic Schools Week is an annual observance meant to highlight the value of Catholic education and its contributions to communities and the nation.    The theme for this year is Catholic Schools:  Communities in Faith, Knowledge and Service, which encompasses the concepts that are at

    Highlights include:  Nancy Osborn and Lori Baughman share an embrace after Baughman was honored as a Cancer survivor.  The half-court basketball shot fundraiser was a success.  Students sell ducks as a fund-raiser event during the evening.  Clare Klein hands a rose to Cancer survivor Ruth Hoffmann.

 TRI-CENTER -- Another game, another big second half by the IKM-Manning boys basketball team. Three nights after outscoring Audubon 45-19 in the final 13:30 of an 11-point home win, the Wolves erased a one-point halftime deficit on the road by outscoring Tri-Center 55-18 in the second half of an 82-46 victory. The 8th-ranked (Class 1-A) Wolves buried 12-of-25 three-point shots in the contest, including five by Kyle Wagner, three by Jared Volls

 RED OAK -- The 13th straight victory for the Harlan Community girls basketball team was its most lopsided yet as the top-ranked Cyclones built a 45-10 halftime lead and trounced Red Oak, 66-22, on Friday night. HCHS rolled to 7-0 in Hawkeye Ten Conference play (one game ahead of Lewis Central) and 13-1 overall, while the Tigers dropped to 1-6 and 3-10, respectively. The Cyclones stormed out to a 28-7 lead after the first quarter and dominated

 RED OAK -- Ahead by just six points at halftime, the Harlan Community boys put together a 23-8 third-quarter run and continued to pull away in the fourth to post a 78-49 win at Red Oak Friday night. Senior Kyle Juhl led the 5th-ranked (3-A) Cyclones with 31 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocked shots, shooting 13-of-19 from the field as HCHS improved to 8-1 in Hawkeye Ten Conference play (tied for first place) and 1

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