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.

STATE -- On Thursday, March 26, Gov.

    COUNTY -- Two additional cases of COVID-19 are confirmed in Shelby County     The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was on March 27 in Shelby County. The individual is between 61-80 years old.  The second confirmed case is an individual between 61-80 years old.

    STATE --     The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has been notified of 56 additional positive cases of Iowans with COVID-19, for a total of 336 positive cases.

    HARLAN – When the local schools shuttered their doors earlier this month due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it created quite a dilemma for local child care services.  Should they close as well?    Kountry Kids Child Care, one of the two largest Shelby County day care services along with Time for Tots, did just that, and worked around the clock to clean, paint and get ready to re-open.