HARLAN -- Donnabelle John of Harlan will celebrate her 99th birthday on August 7. Her daughter, Deborah, is planning  a card shower in her honor.    Cards will reach her if sent to 2104 12th Street, Harlan, IA 51537. She requests no gifts.
 

    HARLAN -- These four boys wore masks and provided hand sanitizer at their lemonade stand this week at the corner of 19th and Willow Sts.  As of Tuesday afternoon they had raised $45 at $1 per cup. 

    COUNTY – Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate will be mailing absentee ballot request forms to all of Iowa’s active registered voters, it was announced this week.    Auditor and Election Commissioner Mark Maxwell said Shelby County voters will be receiving absentee ballot request forms likely in late August directly from the state for the Nov.

    COUNTY -- Shelby County’s COVID-19 recovery rate stands at 98 percent, according to official numbers from Myrtue Medical Center and Shelby County Public Health.    As of Wednesday, July 22 there have been 127 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Shelby County, with 124 of those listed as recovered.    Three still recovering.  No deaths reported.    There have been 722 negative tests and four are still pending.

    HARLAN -- Joyce Thraen, 78, Harlan, died July 20 at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.    Services will be held Friday, July 24 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the Harlan Cemetery.  A rosary was held Thursday, July 23 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation was Thursday from 5-8 p.m.

    SUN CITY CENTER, FL -- Funeral services will be held at a later date for former Harlan resident Dean Philson, 92, of Sun City Center, FL, who died July 8.    He was preceded in death by Darlene, his wife of 71 years, in February, his daughter-in-law Pam Philson in March, and his brother-in-law Richard Slay in April.     He is survived by his children Steve Philson of Lincoln NE, Michelle (Greg) Caudill of Manassas VA, and Kim (Ken) Conte o

 KIMBALLTON (July 15) -- You can throw out the records at tournament time. It’s no doubt an old sports cliché, but the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton softball team nearly experienced the harsh reality of that phrase Wednesday night before making a dramatic rally to save their unbeaten season. Trailing Griswold 4-2 and down to their final out with a runner on third, the ninth-ranked Spartans got an RBI single from senior Kami Waymire, a double by se

 IRWIN (July 13) -- Down 3-0 after three innings Monday night, the AHSTW softball team refused to bow to the pressures of tournament time in its Class 2A regional opener at IKM-Manning. Both teams put the ball in play consistently all night with 18 total hits and just two strikeouts, but it was the Lady Vikes who stayed steady on defense and used two big innings to rally past the Wolves 8-4. AHSTW, which defeated IKM-Manning 12-1 just 11 days

Harlan Community Schools’ Return to Learn Plan.
Approved by the HCS Board of Education Thursday, July 23, 2020.
Click on the PDF file below to read the report.