HARLAN -- A 29-year-old Harlan man is in custody charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, domestic abuse/assault and violation of no-contact order.    Theodore James Behrens, 1104 Durant St., faces up to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the first-degree kidnapping charge, a class A felony.  Third-degree sexual assault is a class C felony carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years in jail with an additional $10,000 fine. 

HARLAN -- Harlan will be holding its first Honey-Bacon Fest this Saturday, June 10.    The festival will be located at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. Activities begin at 9 a.m. and last until 5 p.m.    The genesis of the idea was the manufacturers within Shelby County. The honey manufacturer, Smitty Bee Honey in Defiance and Monogram Foods in the county.

IRWIN -- Lyle and Linda Tietsort of Irwin will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at an open house on Saturday, June 24 from 2-4 p.m. at the Irwin Community Building. Friends and relatives are invited to attend. 

EARLING -- Leo Hahn of Earling will celebrate his 90th birthday today, June 9. His family is planning a card shower in his honor. Cards will reach him if sent to 527 2000th St., Earling, IA 51530.

HARLAN -- Darlene (Larsen) Rasmussen of Harlan will mark her 90th birthday on June 12. Her daughter is  planning  a card shower in her honor. Cards will reach her if sent to P.O. Box 350, Elk Horn, IA 51531. 

 HARLAN -- Following a rocky performance in game one of Thursday’s twin bill vs.

 SERGEANT BLUFF -- Slugging two home runs and 10 total hits off Harlan Community pitcher Emily Brouse, the Sergeant Bluff-Luton softball team also took advantage of four HCHS errors to beat the Cyclones 13-3 in five innings last Wednesday.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community baseball team extended one of its best starts in school history on Wednesday and Thursday nights, sweeping Hawkeye Ten doubleheaders against Shenandoah and Creston to improve to 9-0 overall and 6-0 in the conference.

 NEOLA -- For a second straight year, the AHSTW girls soccer season ended at the hands of an athletic and highly-skilled Tri-Center squad in the second round of regionals. Struggling to string together more than one pass at a time on Friday night, the Lady Vikes allowed four first-half goals and were defeated by the eighth-ranked Trojans 5-0 in a Class 1-A, Region 1 semifinal. Tri-Center freshman Sage Schroder scored left-footed goals from nea