ARLAN -- People missing going to the movie theatre and enjoying traditional movie treats can now create their own movie nights at home complete with concessions from the downtown Harlan Theatre. Last weekend was the first weekend theatre owners Kevin and Sharon Lucke offered the curbside concessions and they were very pleased with the results.    “The first weekend was a tremendous success.

    STATE -- On Tuesday, April 21, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds launched the Test Iowa Initiative to expand testing capacity to limit the spread of COVID-19 in Iowa.

 INDIANOLA -- Simpson College women’s basketball sophomore Kia Rasmussen received Honorable Mention all-conference plaudits from the American Rivers Conference last month after helping the Storm fashion an 18-8 overall record and tie for fourth place in the ARC at 10-6 during the 2019-20 campaign. Rasmussen, a 5-foot-5 guard from Irwin, graduated from IKM-Manning in 2018.

    AVOCA -- Carol A. Pattee, 81, Avoca, died April 19 at University of Nebraska Medical Center.    Private family services were held at 2 p.m.

    AVOCA -- Charlie LeRoy Allen, 85, Avoca, died April 20 at his home.    A private family funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 24 at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Public visitation was held Thursday, April 23 from 1-6 p.m.

    SHELBY -- Betty Maxine Stuhr, 94, Shelby, died Tuesday, April 21 in Harlan.    Services will be held at a later date.    Stuhr is survived by daughters Linda (Dix) Scranton of Norfolk, NE, Merry Jo Stuhr of Gray, ME and Nancy (Don) Foringer of Overland Park, KS; son Richard (Kae) Stuhr of Shelby; sisters Dorothy Adkinson of Central City, NE and Joann Hauptman of Neligh, NE; a number of grandchildren, step-grandchildren and step-great-grand

 STORM LAKE -- Sophomore Nicole Lange played in all 25 games for the Buena Vista University women’s basketball team this past season, averaging 8.4 points and 3.3 rebounds for the 1-24 Beavers. Lange, a 5-foot-11 forward and 2018 Harlan Community High School graduate, also excelled in the classroom at BVU as a member of the American River Conference’s Winter All-Academic Team.

  LAMONI -- Sophomore Shauna Reitan played in 16 games for the Graceland University women’s basketball team this past winter before her season was cut short by injury. Reitan is a Manning native and graduated from IKM-Manning in 2018. The 5-foot-7 guard averaged 3.0 points and 1.4 rebounds in a reserve role, logging 12.9 minutes per contest.

    HARLAN -- Students from Harlan Community High School qualified for the Business Professionals of America (BPA) 2020 National Leadership Conference, in North Harbor, MD May 6-10.    Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference has been canceled.    This year’s conference was set to bring together more than 6,000 conference delegates from across the nation to compete in national level business skills competitions and attend leadership develo