HARLAN -- Harlan Community High School’s 2020 Prom officially has been canceled.    In a statement released Thursday, June 11, the district said, “Due to the COVID-19 guidelines regarding social distancing requirements, Harlan Community School is unable to host a prom that allows for the dancing and socialization that is a prominent part of this event.

    HARLAN – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says swimming is now okay at Prairie Rose Lake after a week of it being not advisable due to high levels of E.

    HARLAN -- Harlan’s citywide garage sale will be held on Saturday, July 11.    Sponsored by the Harlan Newspapers, the deadline for advertising and to be on published maps is Tuesday, June 30 at noon.    The citywide garage sale was moved to July 11 from its previous date in June.

    HARLAN -- Robert “Bob” Scheel, 80, Harlan, died June 11 at his home.    Services will be held Tuesday, June 16 at 10:30 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Jacksonville Cemetery at Jacksonville.  Visitation was held Monday, June 15 from 5-8 p.m.

 IRWIN -- With preseason softball practices limited to two weeks this year due to COVID-19 and the season starting three weeks later than scheduled, some have speculated that the players will be less prepared than normal for the first game. IKM-Manning head coach Joy Gross disagrees. Since spring sports were cancelled - along with many other May activities that accompany the end of a school year - softball practice has become a major item on m

 MANILLA -- It won’t be easy in a rugged Western Iowa Conference, but the IKM-Manning baseball team is hoping to sneak up on some teams this summer and improve on last year’s 7-17 overall record. Despite graduating seven senior contributors from last season’s eighth-place WIC squad, the Wolves still bring back eight letter winners as they prep for a June 16 season opener vs.

    PANAMA -- George Schwery of Panama will celebrate his 90th birthday on June 25. His family is planning a card shower in his honor.

    HARLAN -- Ron and Pat (Sunderland) Mosher of Harlan will each celebrate their 80th birthday today, June 12. Ron and Pat were both born in the Harlan Hospital on June 12, 1940. They were married 19 years later on August 16, 1959.    Their family includes Shelli Mosher and Todd Carlson, Sioux Falls, SD; Scott and Mary Mosher, Omaha; Amy and Joe Rueschenberg, Harlan; and eight grandchildren.  
 

    HARLAN -- Crews finished installing fitness equipment in Pioneer Park this week.  The project is a partnership between the City of Harlan and the Shelby County Wellness Alliance, and includes four pads and seven pieces of Norwell Outdoor Fitness Equipment.    Pictured above is the Air Walker and Stretch Station and the station also includes descriptive signage showing how to use the equipment and local benefactors involved in purchasing th