ELK HORN -- Mike and Lou Howard, Elk Horn, have announced this week that after the encouragement of a few fellow Elk Horn residents, they have decided to purchase the Danish Inn property.    The two are currently researching ideas and seeking input from Danish experts in the restaurant industry, with hopes of developing a hygge establishment that will entice visitors from out of town/state/country, along with friends and neighbors in the Danis

REGIONAL -- The Harlan Community Schools Board of Education will see the addition of at least one new face after incumbent Angie Monson of district 4 decided not to run for re-election.    “What a great district that we have and how lucky we are to call ourselves Cyclones here,” Monson said.

DEFIANCE -- Bob Dotzler of Defiance is not afraid of death.    Dotzler has been living with prostate cancer since 2002. Currently, he is stage four and undergoing radiation treatments.    “I can tell that it’s getting tougher,” Dotzler said. “But I’ve got really good support from my children.”    To have lived 15 years after his diagnosis, Dotzler says, is already beating the odds. 

COUNCIL BLUFFS -- On August 11, Colton James Klein, 22, Harlan, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 120 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for receipt of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Kevin E.

ELK HORN -- A $3.9 million general obligation school bond will be on the ballot for Sept. 12 in Elk Horn and Exira.    The bond would be used to make repairs and improvements to the Elk Horn and Exira school campuses which were originally built in the 1950s.

BRECKENRIDGE, CO -- Dusten Klindt and Ben Pitkin both of Loveland, CO will wed on August 20 in a ceremony at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Breckenridge.    Parents of the couple are Dean and Julie Klindt, Harlan; and Kevin and Ruth Pitkin, Harlan. 

    ATLANTIC -- Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan for Kevin Coenen, 55, Atlantic.

    Preceded in death by parents, Leonard and Isabel Stessman; five brothers: Marcus, Raymond, Joseph “Jack,” Monsignor Gerald, and Vern; sisters-in-law, Donna Stessman and Janice Langenfeld; brother-in-law, Eldred Reisz.    Survived by daughter, Kristine Schrad (Steve) of Albion, NE; granddaughters, Natalie and Joslyn; siblings and spouses: Rita and Don Wall of Omaha, Dolores and Marvin Klein, Donald and Joanne Stessman, all of Dunlap, IA, Le

    NEVADA -- Eunice Josephine Goetzinger, 86, Nevada, formerly of Defiance, died August 12 at Story County Senior Care.    Services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 16 at 11 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance with burial in the Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery at Defiance.    A rosary will be held Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Visitation is Tuesday from 6-8 p.m.