PANAMA -- Raymond A. Schleimer, 78, Panama, died September 25 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center.    Services will be held Friday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at a later date.  A wake service was held Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Parish Center.  Family greeted friends Thursday from 5-8 p.m.

    HARLAN -- Janet Fink, 67, Harlan, died September 22 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Graveside services will be held Saturday, Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. at the Harlan Cemetery.    Fink is survived by brother Wayne Fink of Harlan and sister Judy (Gary) Caldwell of Sioux Falls, SD.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan is in charge of arrangements.

    MANNING -- William J. “Billy” Meister III, 68, Manning, died Wednesday, Sept. 12 at the VA Central Iowa Health Care System in Des Moines.    Services will be held Monday, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m. at United Methodist Church in Manning with interment with military honors provided by American Legion Post #607 at the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Manning.    Visitation with luncheon will be held at the church Oct.

    HARLAN -- Homecoming week is always fun at Harlan Community with a series of dress-up days.  Tuesday was Grill Dad vs. Soccer Mom Day. 

    COUNTY – The Shelby County Board of Supervisors will be inviting local legislators to a meeting during the next few months to discuss the master matrix and confinement operations.    The invitation comes on the heels of a public hearing recently where neighbors of a proposed chicken confinement facility north of Earling were vocally upset about the project, citing everything from water issues and smell to close location to Manteno Park, ju

    PANAMA – A popular fall attraction is up and running once again in the Shelby County area, promising to bring Halloween and autumn excitement to all who venture out to Grandpa’s Pumpkin Farm west of Panama.    Justin and Doug Schwery said the pumpkin patch, now in its second season, has many new additions this year, including a corn maze sponsored by United Bank of Iowa.    “We are excited about our new additions this year,” said Justin Sc

    DES MOINES -- Susan Christensen was administered the oath of office as Iowa’s newest Supreme Court justice by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Friday, Sept. 21 in the Iowa Supreme Court chambers.    Christensen, from Harlan, is the third woman to serve on the seven-member court, and the first new justice to join the court since 2011.   

 HARLAN (Sept. 25) -- Five times on Tuesday night, the Harlan Community volleyball team had a set point to win either the first or third game vs.

 HARLAN (Sept.