HARLAN – A Harlan man has been charged in Shelby County District Court with two counts of second-degree sexual abuse.    Dillen Brandyn Lee Hatcher, 27, 1712 8th St., faces up to 50 years in jail on the class B felony charges against him.    According to court documents, Hatcher allegedly was involved in a sex act with a six-year-old female on two occasions in September when the child was visiting at a residence where Hatcher was living. 

    HARLAN – Harlan city employees will not be allowed to use vaping products on city property or in city vehicles under a proposal being considered by the Harlan City Council.    The Harlan City Council this month unanimously approved updating the employee handbook to include the vaping language.  The move follows discussion by the council about the possible dangers of vaping products.

 GLENWOOD (Oct. 4) -- For the second straight week, the Harlan Community football team will face a Class 3A, District 9 foe with the exact same record and playoff aspirations as the Cyclones. Last week it was 3-1 Adel-DeSoto-Minburn. This Friday it’s Glenwood. The Cyclones and Rams - both 4-1 overall and 1-0 in district play - will square off at 7:00 p.m.

 RED OAK (Oct. 1) - The Harlan Community volleyball team suffered its third Hawkeye Ten sweep of the season Tuesday night but did show signs of improvement in a 16-25, 18-25, 11-25 loss at 9th-ranked (3A) Red Oak. The host Tigers finished with an excellent kill efficiency of .300, led by 12 kills from Chloe Johnson and 10 from Sophie Walker, and improved to 16-5 overall and 4-1 in conference play.

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    HARLAN -- Raymond J. Buman, 87, Harlan, died at his home Sunday, Oct. 6.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    HARLAN -- Gail Earle Schnack, 84, Harlan, died Thursday, Oct. 3 in Harlan.    Services will be held Sunday, Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  There will be no visitation.    Schnack is survived by daughters Kathleen Stanton of Des Moines and Dr.

    TENNANT -- Eugene Lyle Peters, 88, Tennant, died Friday, Oct. 4 in Harlan.    Services will be held Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Shelby Cemetery in Shelby.  Friends were asked to call Monday, Oct. 7 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 5-7 p.m.