HARLAN – Officials with Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan announced the death of Dr. Edward Fisher, an orthopedic surgeon with the hospital.    Fisher died last week.  He had joined Myrtue Medical Center and Cass County Health System in February, 2015. 

    SHELBY -- Matthew and Gunnar Nelson, twin sons of the late teen-idol Rick Nelson, stopped for breakfast at The Corn Crib in Shelby Dec. 11. They visited with restaurant owners, brothers Dave Robinson (left) and Doug Robinson, and posed for a picture with “Sherman.” The Nelsons are singers, and they each play guitar. After performing in Iowa, they headed to Austin, TX, for a Dec. 13 gig.  (Photo contributed)

    COUNTY – Every county employee is receiving $100 in chamber gift certificates this holiday season thanks to their willingness to participate in a wellness incentive that is saving Shelby County $50,000 in health insurance premiums.    Total cost to the county for the gift cards will be $6,100, but the savings is tremendous, officials said.  If there wasn’t that type of participation, the savings wouldn’t be there.

    COUNTY -- On Thursday, Dec. 22, “Small Town Big Deal” TV show co-hosts Rodney Miller and Jann Carl will feature Earling’s Steve Kenkel’s efforts to preserve one of the most important historical agricultural discoveries - hybrid seed corn.    The show airs at 8:30 p.m. on RFD-TV and 20 minutes of the 30-minute program will be devoted to the corn museum and how the invention of hybrid corn revolutionized American agriculture.

    HARLAN -- Major projects completed at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan during the past year were highlighted by Chuck Assman, facilities director at MMC, during his facility presentation at the recent MMC Board of Trustees meeting.    Assman said the two major projects were the re-roof project completed in May on the 1964 building. Replacement of the x-ray machine was completed at the beginning of 2016.