REGIONAL – As the summer months wind down, state officials are reminding residents to continue their diligence warding off mosquito and tick-borne illnesses.    There have been reports of West Nile Virus this summer in the heartland, and local health experts are sounding the alarm about a disease with similar symptoms to COVID-19 – Lyme Disease.    Health experts are especially concerned about Lyme Disease this year because new data shows

    STATE -- According to the latest economic impact study by the Iowa Hospital Association, Myrtue Medical Center generates 614 jobs that add $30.9 million to Shelby County’s economy.    A multiplier methodology is used to determine the level of impact, which means that the health sector and employees in the health sector purchase a large amount of goods and services from local businesses, having a multiplying effect in the community.    It i

    HARLAN – The Mores family made one of the biggest changes to its 81-year legacy in the newspaper industry by selling the Harlan Newspapers.  On Tuesday, Sept.

    HARLAN -- Bernard Stein, 76, Harlan, died August 28 at his home.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan for a later date.    Stein is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Stein, of Harlan; sons Michael R. (Joan) Stein of Prairie City and Bradley D.

    COLORADO -- Robert and Wilma Jean Nicolaisen will mark their 70th wedding anniversary on September 1. Their family is requesting a card shower in their honor to wish them Tillykke.    Cards will reach if them if sent to Nicolaisen %Dianne Cooper, 231 Westcott Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80906.
 

    HARLAN -- Rex Buckley of Harlan will celebrate his 70th birthday on September 9.  His family is planning a card shower in his honor. Cards will reach him if sent to 1612 16th Street, Harlan, IA 51537.    His family includes Troy and Helen Buckley, Danville, IN; Kevin and Beth Buckley, Ankeny; Trisha Buckley, Ankeny; and five grandchildren. His wife is the late Irene Buckley. They were married 45 years.

    HARLAN – For more than 10 years Rik Zortman has been running throughout Iowa, the nation and even internationally. “The Human Etch-a-Sketch” this summer hit a milestone running at least one “sketched” name in all 99 counties in Iowa.    Zortman was back in Harlan Friday, Aug.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools has been provided personal protective equipment (PPE) from the state, and will have the items available across the district to keep students and staff safe when they headed back to the classrooms this week.    Brian Gubbels, HCS Director of Finance, said the school district received the items Monday, Aug.

HARLAN -- Harlan Community Elementary Principal Jeff Moser welcomes back to school Jose Torres and Barbara Torres.  Students haven’t been in the classroom since mid-March.  Extraordinary efforts have been made in the HCS District to keep students and staff safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  Here, all are wearing masks as they enter the building.