HARLAN – Dr. Tom Osborne, former University of Nebraska Lincoln football coach and athletic director, will be the keynote speaker at Harlan Community Schools’ TeamMates Mentoring Celebration Friday, March 1.    The event will be held from 4-6 p.m.

    HARLAN -- The Petersen Family Wellness Center in Harlan had 785 guest visits on January 21 of this year which was the most guest visits the center has seen in one day since the first year it opened in 2010. Todd Alberti, director of Petersen Family Wellness Center, shared wellness center membership numbers and information during the January Myrtue Medical Center Board of Trustees meeting. 

    MANNING -- Kari Ladehoff and Jake Palmer both of Audubon plan to marry on April 27 in a ceremony at the Hausbarn in Manning.    Kari is the daughter of Robin and Janet Ladehoff, Irwin. Jake is the son of Gary and Pat Palmer, Manilla.

    HARLAN -- Shirley Welker, 68, Harlan, died February 16 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Monday, Feb. 25 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  Family will greet friends Sunday, Feb. 24 from 4-8 p.m.

SHELBY – Kaylee Rivera, a Shelby County 4-H’er and senior at Tri-Center High School, Neola, will be receiving the Contributing Youth Award at the Iowa 4-H Celebration Gala tonight, Friday, Feb.

    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center’s Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the Shelby County Wellness Alliance, Harlan Community Schools, and the Shelby County Prevent Child Abuse Council, is sponsoring a Teen Health and Resiliency Fair on Saturday, Feb 23, 2019, from 9 a.m.-noon at Harlan Community High School.    This free event is designed to help promote healthy lifestyle choices for teens and their families.

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Community Schools hosted its annual Red Out event during the basketball game Friday, Feb. 15 vs. Creston-OM, to raise funds and awareness for heart health.   

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Jazz Experience has qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships April 2 by taking first place at the Dick Bauman District Jazz Festival held Monday, Feb.

    HARLAN - Midstates Bank, Harlan, and Kingsley State Bank, Kingsley, announced the merger of Kingsley State Bank into Midstates Bank pending regulatory approval.