SHELBY -- Frances Jensen, 87, formerly of Shelby, died Thursday, June 13 at Avoca Specialty Care in Avoca.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.
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    HARLAN -- Thomas Ludwig, 72, Harlan, died Wednesday, June 12 at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    SHELBY -- Mark “O.B.” Wilds, 63, Shelby, died Monday, June 10 in Shelby.    Services will be held Saturday, June 15 at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Shelby.  Friends may call Saturday from 9-11 a.m.

    HARLAN – Rumors and discussions in Harlan about the possibility that Concerned, Inc. is closing are unfounded, and the executive director penned a letter to the editor to the Harlan Newspapers this week saying the organization actually is growing and changing to meet federal guidelines.    Erin Hudson said she wants the community to know that there are changes and growth occurring in the agency, but it is not closing. 

    HARLAN -- Charley Falkena is like many teenagers. She attends school, plays sports, cracks jokes and loves spending time with her friends. She lives in Harlan with her mother, Robin; stepdad, Chad; and sister, Chloe.    When looking at Charley you would have no idea that she is currently battling PTLD.    PTLD or Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease, is a rare form of cancer which affects transplant patients.

    HARLAN -- In Harlan’s historic downtown is Wild Willies. The owner is Bill Reid, a Vietnam War veteran who spent 21 years in the military.

    Harlan -- This Father’s Day weekend the 8-ball Aviation Club will host its 74th-annual flight breakfast. At the municipal airport in Harlan, during the event, attendees will be treated to plane rides, a barbecue, breakfast as well as antique tractor and car displays.    The airplane rides cost $15 and are only available on Saturday, June 15 from 4:30 p.m. till it gets too dark to fly.

EARLING – The City of Earling and two of its officials are being sued in Shelby County District Court by the Iowa Civil Rights Commission (ICRC) for alleged discriminatory housing practices.     In a petition filed in Shelby County District Court, the ICRC is asking the court to declare defendants’ discriminatory housing practices violate Iowa Code; enjoin defendants and their agents, employees, successors and other persons from violating the

    COUNTY – The Shelby County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, June 4 unanimously approved a budget amendment totaling $855,568 for the current fiscal year, 2018-19.    Many of the monetary changes were due to spring flooding that occurred in March and April, necessitating the need for additional expenditures specifically in the secondary road department, county officials said.  Of the $855,568, $587,568 can be attributed to secondary road needs