HARLAN -- The Shelby County Landfill is open to the public again.        The office remains closed.  Individuals dropping off items should use the mailbox on the wall to drop off payment.

    HARLAN -- Harlan Wastewater officials are reminding residents that cooking grease is prohibited from being disposed into the sewer system.    Cooking grease should be placed in an approved container or jar and disposed of in the garbage.    Officials said residents have been doing a good job reducing the flushing of wipes, paper towels and other non-approved items into the sewer system.    “There has been some improvement,” officials said.

    STATE -- The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 52 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 549 positive cases.    Three additional deaths have been reported -- in Muscatine County, a middle-aged (41-60) resident;  one elderly adult (81+) in Polk County and one elderly adult (81+)  in Washington County.

    HARLAN -- A presentation on the COVID-19 pandemic was the main focus at Myrtue Medical Center’s Board of Trustees meeting on March 24.    MMC CEO Barry Jacobsen told the board MMC’s incident command (incident commander, public information, liaison officer, safety and security and medical staff) are meeting twice a week, department heads have been meeting weekly, daily emails are being sent to all staff as well as each day there have been 8

    ATLANTIC -- Betty Marie Trailer, 94, Atlantic, died March 27 at the Heritage House in Atlantic.    Private graveside services will be held at the Atlantic Cemetery in Atlantic.    Trailer is survived by her son, Charlie and his wife Meta of Harlan; her grandchildren, Carrie (Steve) Petersen of Phoenix, AZ, Christopher (Angie) Trailer of Minneapolis, MN and Jeffrey Trailer and his friend Madison Wight of Manilla, IA; and eight great-grandch

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 DES MOINES (March 17) -- Harlan Community senior Connor Bruck and Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton senior Creighton Nelson both made the most of their first year as starting varsity basketball players. On Tuesday, Bruck and Nelson were named third-team all-staters in Class 3A and 1A, respectively, as the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association released its 2020 All-State Boys Basketball teams. The all-state teams were selected by a panel of sports wri

    HARLAN – School has been closed for a few weeks, and as of press morning, the Harlan Community Schools has plans to re-open on Wednesday, April 15.    A directive from President Donald Trump released Sunday evening, March 28, may change that.  The president has directed social distancing initiatives to continue through the end of April, which likely will keep schools closed until April 30.    School officials said they are continuing to fo

From business and child care challenges to at-home school lessons and working from home, Harlan and Shelby County residents heed warnings about coronavirus and are adapting.