HARLAN -- Melvin “Mel” Huber, 59, Harlan, formerly of Creston, died Monday, Sept. 5 at the Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, NE.    Services are pending at Powers Funeral Home in Creston.

    HARLAN -- Services are pending at Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan for Viola M. Hass, 88, Harlan.  Hass died Sunday, Sept. 4 in Manilla. 

    HARLAN -- Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan for Linda Chambers, 72, Harlan. 

    HARLAN -- Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan for Gunnar Nielsen, 91, Harlan. 

    DES MOINES -- Lowell L. Juhl, 70, Des Moines, formerly of Harlan, died Friday, Aug. 26 in Des Moines.    Services will be held Saturday, Sept. 10 at 10:30 a.m.

    HARLAN -- Sherry Hansen, 73, Harlan, died September 1 at Methodist Hospital.    Services will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 10:30 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimballton with burial in the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Kimballton.  Visitation was held Monday, Sept. 5 from 2-8 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan, with family greeting friends from 6-8 p.m.

    AMES - Because of their countless hours given to the Iowa 4-H program, 125 Iowa 4-H volunteers from 95 counties were welcomed into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame on Sunday, Aug. 21 at the 4-H Exhibits Building at the Iowa State Fair.    Among those inducted was Roger Ahrenholtz, Defiance, representing Shelby County.    Inductees were introduced on stage and awarded a certificate.

    HARLAN – Gene Gettys, Jr. officially was appointed as Harlan City Administrator Tuesday, Aug. 30 at a special meeting of the Harlan City Council.    In doing so, the council also accepted Gettys’ resignation as mayor.  Both actions were approved unanimously by council members Mike Kolbe, Jay Christensen, Greg Bladt, Sharon Kroger, Dave Pedersen and mayor pro tem Dave Miller.

    HARLAN -- Harlan Municipal Utilities will begin renting a portion of their old headquarters facility on east Hwy 44 to Shelby County Community Outreach.    The month-to-month lease arrangement will cover an area of approximately 20 feet by 60 feet in the southwest corner of the building.  Rent will be $1 per month.    SCCO will move some of their larger items out of various storage facilities around the community into the single, easier to