Officials with the Shelby County Extension Council have announced the addition of Mary Taggs as County Extension Educator at the Shelby County ISU Extension and Outreach office in Harlan. Taggs, an Elk Horn native, began her duties as the Shelby County Extension Educator on October 7th. She replaces former Shelby County Extension Educator Angela Ahrenholtz.

Mary Taggs

Taggs will be responsible for county coordination and facilitation of ISU Extension programs in communities, families, business and industry, agriculture and natural resources, and 4-H youth development. Taggs has a strong background in both youth and adult education,  is a 1991 graduate of Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in Family Services, and she is a former Shelby County 4-Her with related experience in community leadership, youth education and 4-H.

Mary and her husband John reside in Harlan. They have three children, April, 20, a student at Luther College, Jacob, 16, a junior at HCHS and Emily, 12, is a student at HCMS.

All over the nation, veterans will be honored on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, for their service to our country. In Iowa, several public transit agencies will be offering free rides to veterans and veterans’ family members Nov. 11th or 12th. To find out if your local transit agency is participating, go to http://www.iowadot.gov/transit/transitveterans.html. Be sure to check back, as the list will be updated daily. Some agencies provide free, year-round rides to veterans with a service-related disability.

Iowa is served by 19 urban transit agencies, 16 regional transit agencies, and 10 mobility managers supporting urban and rural communities in each of Iowa’s 99 counties. All public transit services are open to the public. More than 27.5 million public transit rides were provided in Iowa last year, representing nearly nine rides for each resident and a ridership increase of 14.5 percent over the past six years.

Police in Red Oak say two people were arrested Wednesday night, on separate charges. 19-year old Brooks R. Hilgerson, of Shelbyville, KY, was arrested at around 8:45-p.m. in the 1800 block of East Summit Street, on a charge of Criminal Mischief in the 4th degree. Hilgerson was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.

And, at around 10: 25-p.m.,  34-year old Marcella Janine Mutchler, of Essex, was arrested in Red Oak on a valid Page County warrant for Failure to Appear on a charge of Theft in the 5th degree. Mutchler was taken into custody in the 2100 block of Highway 48 and brought to the Montgomery County Jail where she was held before being turned over to authorities from Page County. Her bond was set at $900.