HARLAN – Parents/guardians who decide to keep their children home and remote learn during part (or all) of the 2020-21 school year have until Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 4 p.m.

    IRWIN -- Daniel Ryan Pedersen, 35, Irwin, died July 25 at his home.    A private memorial service was held Thursday, July 30 at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.  Public visitation was Thursday from 1-3 p.m.

    CARTER LAKE -- Jeannine M. Poldberg, Carter Lake, originally from the Harlan area, died July 27.    Visitation is Thursday, July 30 from 6-8 p.m.

    MENOMONIE, WI -- UW-Stout’s Jessica DuVal has been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award, a national-level award that honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three NCAA divisions.    To be eligible, a nominee must have competed and earned a varsity letter in an NCAA-sponsored sport, must have completed eligibility in her primary sport,

    COUNCIL BLUFFS -- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced July 14 that United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Blake Edward Cooper, 51, Harlan, to 60 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to drug user in possession of a firearm.    Cooper was ordered to serve a period of supervised release of three years to follow his prison term and pay a $100 special assessment to the Crime Victims’ Fund.    There

    HARLAN – Citizen complaints about the number of Canadian Geese in two Harlan parks, specifically Pioneer Park and more recently Little George Park, have prompted the City of Harlan to look at mitigation techniques, city officials said this week.    Harlan City Administrator Gene Gettys, Jr.

    COUNTY -- The message is clear.    Shelby County Public Health and Myrtue Medical Center stand behind state and local health officials who recommend wearing face coverings to limit the spread of COVID-19.    Those words come on the heels of public comments made at a school board workshop Thursday, July 16 by residents who either questioned the need for masks, said they could possibly be detrimental to a person’s health, or said nobody real

    HARLAN – All Harlan Community School District students will return to school Monday, Aug.

 HARLAN (July 18) -- So often in high school softball, the final outcome is determined by one big (or bad) inning for one side or the other. On Saturday night that key inning was the bottom of the third for Harlan Community. Plating five runs on just one hit, the Cyclones gave Lewis Central fits with the bunt game, took a 5-0 lead and cruised past the Titans 6-1 in a Class 4A, Region 4 semifinal at H.