CEDAR FALLS (Nov. 21) -- The top-ranked Audubon football team fell one win shy of claiming the 8-Player state championship on Thursday, losing to No. 3 Don Bosco 35-19 in the title game at the UNI-Dome. The Wheelers (12-2) had rattled off 11 straight wins since a 26-25 loss at Remsen St.

HINTON --  A former Westphalia resident is venturing on a cross-country bicycle ride this summer to raise funds for Colleen’s Dream Foundation and ovarian cancer research.    Greg Conry, the son of Tom and Lisa Conry, Harlan, and a 2012 graduate of Harlan Community High School, will be riding from Oceanside, CA to Annapolis, MD, approximately 3,100 miles over a roughly 42 day period (38 days of riding) beginning July 8.  Conry currently is see

    HARLAN -- The Shelby County Museum is excited to announce the fourth annual Santa in the Cabins event which will take place on Thursday, Dec. 12, from 5-7 p.m.    Santa Claus will set up shop in the historic McIntosh Cabin to hear all the items on local children’s Christmas lists.    All are invited to this free event at the museum.

    COUNTY – The Shelby County Compensation Board has recommended a three percent across-the-board salary increase for elected officials and their deputies for the 2019-20 fiscal year, following a meeting of the board November 13.    The county’s board of supervisors, who have the ultimate decision on pay raises for elected officials, will make a decision on the recommendation during its budgeting process for the next fiscal year.  The board c

    FREMONT, NE -- Harlan native Jean Schroeder will mark her 90th birthday on December 7. Her family is planning a card shower in her honor.    Cards will reach her if sent to 652 W 21st Street, Apt 204, Fremont, NE  68025. Her immediate family is celebrating Jean’s birthday with a dinner in Fremont.

    REGIONAL – The annual holiday adoption program continues this week with needy families hoping to receive some assistance this holiday season.    Applications for families wishing to be adopted will be accepted now until this Friday, Dec.

    HARLAN -- Patricia K. Ratigan, 64, Harlan, died November 28 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services were held Saturday, Nov. 30 at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St.

    HARLAN -- Bonnie Petersen, 95, Harlan, died November 25.    A memorial service and burial will be held at a later date.    Petersen is survived by children Rick (Patty) of Jacksonville, FL, Linda (Ben) Post of Harlan, Lori (Bob) Simpson of Austin, TX and Todd (Mary) of Harlan; brother Richard (Lile) Petersen; nine grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. 

    COUNTY -- The Shelby County Community Foundation announced last week grants totaling $35,825 were awarded to Shelby County nonprofit agencies.