HARLAN -- Lynn J. McCord, 94, Harlan, died Saturday, Feb. 1 in Harlan.    Services will be held Thursday, Feb. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Bowman’s Grove Cemetery in rural Shelby County.  Friends may call Wednesday, Feb. 5 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Nurses at Myrtue Medical Center are being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's program to express gratitude to nurses that perform extraordinary care and compassion every day.      The not-for-profit DAISY Foundation was established by family members in memory of J.

    HARLAN -- All of the students at Shelby County Catholic School participated in STEM-based challenges on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 29 during Catholic Schools Week. The theme for the day was “Be a Creative Problem Solver.”  From left: Payton Kobold, Zoey Schulte and Edie Mae Kaufmann work on building a perch that will hold a small plastic animal. 

    LINCOLN, NE – Jack Klitgaard and Henry Tomsu have been selected for the prestigious Nebraska Young Lions All-Star Jazz Band, and will be performing this weekend in Lincoln, NE.    Klitgaard, the son of Dr. Don and Laurel Klitgaard of Harlan, is a junior at Harlan Community High School.  Tomsu, the son of Scott and Tami (Klein) Tomsu, Elkhorn, NE, is a senior at Elkhorn South High School.

    COUNTY -- Four officers were elected during the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Shelby County extension council organizational meeting Jan. 4. The nine-member county extension council annually elects officers to comply with Iowa law.    Renee Hansen, Harlan, is the newly-elected chairperson.

    HARLAN -- Community members are invited to join the Senior Life Solutions Program at Myrtue Medical Center for an open house and ribbon cutting on Wednesday, Feb 5 from 2-3 p.m. in the lower level of Myrtue Medical Center. Guests will have the opportunity to tour the program facility and ask questions while enjoying light refreshments.

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 MANNING (Jan. 16) -- Senior Lexi Branning scored a career-high 31 points in less than 17 minutes of action and junior Alexa Ahrenholtz tallied 21 points and 10 assists here Thursday night as the IKM-Manning girls raced past Riverside 96-29 to sweep the season series. The Wolves led 35-8 after one quarter and 59-19 at the half before outscoring the Bulldogs 25-5 in the third with a running clock.