Editor’s Note: The following story on Morningside College football player Hunter Behrens was submitted to the Harlan Newspapers by the Morningside Sports Information department. Behrens is a 2017 graduate of IKM-Manning High School and is the son of Chris and Jenni Behrens, Manning. The 6-foot-2, 280-pound senior offensive lineman has played on the Mustangs’ back-to-back NAIA national championship teams in 2018 and 2019.

 HARLAN -- Just days before the start of the 2020 fall sports season, the Harlan Community School District released its fall sports guidelines Tuesday in relation to COVID-19 and spectator limits and expectations at cross country, football and volleyball home events. These guidelines were approved at Monday night’s HCSD board meeting and are subject to change going forward. A press release issued on Tuesday stated that the “Harlan Community Sc

    HARLAN -- Joyce Graeve, 88, Harlan, died August 24 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center.    A private family Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, Aug. 29 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Harlan with burial in the St.

    EARLING -- Tim and Pat Gross of Earling will mark their 50th wedding anniversary on August 29. Their address is P.O. Box 223, Earling, IA 51530. They plan to celebrate with family at a later date.    Their family includes Kevin and Holly Gross, Earling; JeAnna and Mike Karloff, Omaha; Jeff and Becky Gross, Earling; Denny and Jeana Gross, Harlan; 10 grandchildren and four great-grandsons.
 

    EARLING -- Edna Schafer of Earling will celebrate her 90th birthday on August 31. Her family is planning a card shower in her honor. Cards will reach her if sent to P.O.

HARLAN -- Alex Ahrenholtz will gladly admit it.    If you had told his middle school and high school teachers at Irwin-Kirkman-Manilla that he would someday write a book, many of them probably would have laughed.    “But they would probably believe you once you told them it’s a children’s book and its only 15 pages!” noted Ahrenholtz, a 2004 I-K-M graduate and the owner of Harlan’s screen printing and embroidery shop, Zander Ink.
 

    MARNE -- Elleen Wheatley’s words of wisdom as she nears 103 years old are “appreciate and enjoy every day.” Wheatley of Marne will mark her 103rd birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 26.    She has the honor of being recognized as Iowa’s Oldest Living Woman Marine. A Leslie, IA native, Wheatley entered the Marine Corps in 1942 when she was 25 years old.

    HARLAN -- The Shelby County Catholic School welcomes two new staff members to the school for the 2020-21 school year, which began yesterday, Monday, Aug. 24.

    COUNTY – Shelby County and Harlan are applying for reimbursement monies from federal/state CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act funding to help offset costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.    Shelby County is allotted approximately $125,000 in reimbursable funds, while Harlan can be reimbursed up to $113,271.45.