ELK HORN -- Richard L. Dalbey, 89, Elk Horn, died June 7 at the Salem Lutheran Home in Elk Horn.    Services will be held Saturday, June 15 at 1 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Visitation is Saturday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

    IRWIN -- Sheryl A. Campbell, 77, Irwin, died June 6 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Visitation will be Saturday, June 15 from 9-11 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Galen “Red” Sorenson, 82, Harlan, died Thursday, June 6 at Elm Crest Retirement Community in Harlan.    Survivors include his niece, Jane (Joe) Klein of Harlan and their children Joseph, Jared, James, Charlotte and Clare; other family members and friends.    All services are private.  Pauley Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

HARLAN – Sixteen Harlan Community High School senior students have been awarded the Seal of Biliteracy for the 2018-19 school year, becoming the first HCHS graduates to earn the distinction since the Iowa’s Seal of Biliteracy award was established and adopted by the Iowa Legislature earlier this year.    Recipients of the seal include Morgan Bendorf, Caitlin Bissen, Elijah Boldan, Andrea Ferry, Morgan Goetz, Greichaly Kaster, Ethan Matthew Lei

    HARLAN -- May was national Foster Care Month in the United States.    During this time, organizations hoped to educate others about foster care and the children who need it, as well as encourage others to take on fostering, or help in some way.    Lutheran Services in Iowa (LSI) says children from western Iowa were referred into foster care 940 times in 2018, with the majority of those in foster care having experienced neglect, abuse or tr

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Community Library kicked off its Universe of Stories summer library program with the Absolute Science interactive show on Thursday, May 30.    Presenting the show was Toto Johnson, an entertainer from the Davenport area, who joined the program due to his 20 year relationship with founder Rick Brumer. “We were all doing different stuff at the time,” Johnson said.

    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center will pay the Shelby County Medical Corporation $94 per work relative value unit (RVU) for professional services performed for the new fiscal year ending June 30, 2020 for a total estimated cost of $4.5 million.    MMC currently pays the Shelby County Medical Corporation $92 per work relative value unit.

 NEOLA (May 28) -- For the third time in four years, AHSTW finished the girls soccer season with a regional loss to Tri-Center. The difference this time around was the competitiveness of the match. Facing an opponent that was fast, physical and skilled with the ball, the Lady Vikes never backed down and kept it a one-score game until the 57th minute.

 TREYNOR (May 28) -- The Harlan Community girls soccer team advanced to the regional semifinal round courtesy of Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Logan-Magnolia in a Class 1A, Region 2 quarterfinal played at Treynor. Freshman Raegen Wicks scored two goals and senior Kara Weis added another for the Cyclones (10-7), who will now face fifth-ranked Treynor (11-2) in Friday’s regional semifinal back in Treynor.