HARLAN -- J.D. Scholten, the Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Iowa’s 4th congressional district, held a town-hall meeting in Harlan Thursday, Oct. 18.  A good crowd turned out to hear from Scholten at the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry offices. 

    EARLING -- Helen Frederick, 91, Earling, died Wednesday, Oct. 17 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Survivors include her children Ron (Deb) Frederick, Linda Drumm, Connie (Larry) Stoke, JoAnn (Val) McPhearson, Joyce (Dave) Naber, Judy (John) Schrecengost and Patti (Don) Bogler; siblings Charles (Bonnie) Tremel, Kenneth (Betty) Tremel and Ralph (Elaine) Tremel.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.

    HARLAN -- An investigation into Harlan Community Schools Superintendent Justin Wagner’s military leave from the district has uncovered inaccuracies and leave he failed to disclose and did not enter on his calendar, resulting in Wagner having to pay back to the district monies he was not entitled to receive.    Wagner was on military leave September 5-8, 2017 and again January 9-12, 2018, but failed to enter the leave into the district’s ab

   HARLAN -- For the past 18 years veteran Jim Zea has been releasing 10 to 12 of his white pigeons during the playing of the National Anthem prior to the start of the HCHS varsity home football games at Merrill Field in Harlan.    Last Friday marked the last time Zea released pigeons out from under the large American flag during the patriotic salute at regular season football games as he and his wife, Judy, will be relocating to Ankeny.    Th

    HARLAN -- The Harlan Community Schools is hosting international best selling author and speaker Jon Gordon Monday, Oct.

 GLENWOOD (Oct. 11) -- Harlan Community coach Doug Renkly already had space reserved on his art room wall for a photo of this year’s Cyclone girls cross country team. Now he gets to fill it. In a satisfying switch from this year’s season opener, the HCHS girls earned a Hawkeye Ten team championship by one point over Glenwood Thursday afternoon, winning the conference meet by a margin of 51-52 at Glenwood Lake Park.

 GLENWOOD (Oct. 11) -- A year ago at Clarinda, Harlan Community’s Trey Gross placed 26th as a freshman in the Hawkeye Ten Conference Cross Country Meet. Sometime after that day, a rededication to running was born and the results have been swift. On Thursday, Gross made history at Glenwood Lake Park, becoming just the second Cyclone boy to win an individual conference meet title.

 HARLAN (Oct.

(Earling) The Shelby County Emergency Management Office issued a press release Saturday evening regarding the loss of a firefighter at the scene of a combine and field fire in Shelby County on Saturday.