MARSHALLTOWN (May 30) -- Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton sophomore Jacey Anthofer made herself right at home in her state golf meet debut last week, shooting identical rounds of 88 to place 12th out of 83 competitors in Class 1A. This year’s 1A Girls State Golf Tournament was held May 29-30 at Marshalltown’s American Legion Golf Course. Anthofer, who placed sixth at her regional final meet in Atlantic May 21, finished with a 34-over-par total of 17

 AMES (May 30) -- Harlan Community senior Ellen Keast finished her three-year high school golf career at the Class 3A state tournament last week, placing 69th out of 75 individuals at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames. Keast shot consistent nine-hole scores during the 36-hole event last Tuesday and Wednesday (May 29-30), but was plagued by a few bad holes in carding rounds of 110 and 116 for a total of 226 strokes. Keast, who did not join the HCHS

The World Herald's Kevin Cole featured the harrowing adventure Josh Hansen had in Omaha this weekend.
Weekend Uber driver Josh Hansen, 43, of Harlan, was punched in the head by a fare shortly after picking the man up about 2:30 a.m. Sunday near 45th and Burdette Streets. When the man demanded Hansen’s wallet, the driver cooperated but then followed him until the man was arrested.

    NIXA, MO -- Jacqueline I. Ramage, 84, Nixa, MO, died May 30 at Birch Pointe Health & Rehab.    Services will be held Saturday, June 23 at 10:30 a.m.

    CENTERVILLE -- Tyler James Jacobsen, 47, Centerville, formerly of Harlan, died Monday, June 4 at his home.    Services will be held Saturday, June 9 at 1 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home.  Visitation will take place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Linda Irene (Jensen) Wittmann, 64, Avoca, died Saturday, June 2 at UNMC in Omaha, NE.    Services were held Wednesday, June 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church in Elkhorn, NE.    Wittmann is survived by her husband, Dick Wittmann; daughter Mia (Kyle Herek) Lippold of Omaha; sisters Chris (Dennis) Strudthoff of Canton, GA and Cindy (Tom) Heilig of Harlan; and brother Bob Jensen of Phoenix, AZ. 

HARLAN -- A successful Color Run for the Cure was held Saturday, June 2 at the Shelby County Fairgrounds.  It’s the fifth year that Kara Rueschenberg and Jacob Bartley have organized the Color Run, and during those five years there have been more than 800 participants and more than $12,000 has been raised and donated to the American Cancer Society. 

    COUNTY – The race for county supervisor is now headed to the general election this November as incumbent democrat Roger Schmitz and republican challenger Darin Haake officially move on from Tuesday’s primary election.    Haake garnered 375 votes on the republican ticket while Schmitz gathered 277 votes on the democratic ballot.  There were a handful of write-in votes on each ticket.    The supervisor race is the only local contested race a

    WALNUT -- In May 2016, students walked out of the Walnut school for the last time.