COUNTY – Shelby County is implementing a three-year budget reduction plan as a proactive measure due to expected losses in tax revenues due to everything from a struggling ag economy to decreasing population.    The county’s board of supervisors will put the plan in motion as it develops the budget for the 2017-18 fiscal year.  Hopes are that the cost savings measures will help when revenues grow stagnant or drop.    Supervisors Roger Schm

    MANILLA -- Services are pending for Eugene Hahn, 76, Manilla, at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan.    Hahn died Sunday, Dec. 3 in Denison.  He is survived by his wife, Eileen, of Manilla.

    CHARLOTTE, IA -- Grace Trudy Marshall’s heart stopped beating on November 29 due to Trisomy 18.  She was born sleeping on December 1.  She is the daughter of Mike and Michelle Marshall, Charlotte, IA.    In addition to her parents, she is survived by her brother, Alex, as well as numerous cousins, aunts and uncles.  Maternal grandparents are Ron Willenborg of Manilla, Charlotte Willenborg and great-grandparents Leo and Darlene Willenborg o

    COUNTY -- Shelby County non-profit agencies were awarded grants from the Shelby County Community Foundation last week in a ceremony held on the courthouse steps in downtown Harlan.    Gene Gross, chairman of the foundation, said $32,734 in total was awarded to a number of local non-profit agencies.  With these grants, the foundation has distributed nearly $2.1 million in grants and scholarships over the last 19 years.    The following non-

    COUNTY – Shelby County will be a few weeks behind its normal schedule in developing the next fiscal year’s budget come January 1, but hopes are the process will go smoothly once initiated.    Newly-elected auditor Mark Maxwell will take office the first of the year, and among the items the county’s board of supervisors want to know is if Maxwell will take on the duties of budget director like his predecessor Marsha Carter.  Maxwell defeate

    REGIONAL – Voters in Shelby County and the surrounding area will head to the polls Tuesday, Dec.

    BOUNTIFUL, UT -- Bret and Tammie Heileson of Harlan announce the engagement of their daughter Amber Lynn Heileson to Shawn Michael Halversen, son of Paul and Linette Halversen, Rigby, ID.    The couple will marry on December 27 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Temple in Bountiful.

Elliott man dies in rollover accident
JACKSONVILLE -- An 18-year-old Elliott man died as a result of injuries sustained in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Timber Road near Jacksonville Saturday morning, Dec. 3.
According to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday at approximately 9:45 a.m., deputies responded to a single-vehicle rollover accident in the 1100 block of Timber Raod. 

 HARLAN -- Harlan Community girls basketball head coach Zach Klaassen could not have imagined a much better scenario for his first four years on the job. Since taking over for Tony Vis following a 10-11 season in 2011-2012, Klaassen has directed the Cyclones to a sparkling 95-6 record over the last four winter campaigns. During that time, HCHS has made four trips to the Girls State Basketball Tournament and claimed the last three Hawkeye Ten C