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HARLAN – The Harlan City Council has signed off on a five-year capital improvement plan for the Harlan Municipal Airport, which will include a number of proposed projects including an apron expansion to be funded mostly by federal funds from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The...
COUNTY -- Following the Emergency Use Authorization of both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines last month, the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) is now partnering with county public health departments to begin vaccinating Iowans. Both vaccines are currently being administered in...
COUNTY -- Welcome to the 2021 New Year’s Baby Maya Louise Scheffler, born Sunday, Jan. 3 at 7:49 p.m. at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Maya weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces. She is the daughter of Megan Gettys and Adam Scheffler of Harlan. Maya is welcomed home by brothers and a sister...
HARLAN – High school students in southwest Iowa likely will have more career and technical educational (CTE) opportunities at Iowa Western Community College’s rural centers should state grant funding applied for by IWCC for the programs be approved. The Harlan Community Schools have provided...
JACKSONVILLE – Take a look at the Thursday, Aug. 15, 1963 copy of the Harlan Tribune and you’ll see one of the craziest articles about a gun battle in the little town of Jacksonville in eastern Shelby County. A piece of that historical moment was unwrapped this past fall at Petersen Bros...
REGIONAL -- The remaining health care public health workers in Shelby County were expected to get their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last week, as shipments of the Moderna vaccine made their way from pharmaceutical companies to states like Iowa and then to individual counties. Next on...
COUNTY – Rural residents are in danger of having their regional drop-off recycling buildings removed due to improper usage by the public. Shelby County Engineer Brandon Burmeister said the county has recycling buildings in Portsmouth, Irwin and Earling, but officials are considering removing...
MANNING – The IKM-Manning Marching Band recently finished an outstanding season, earning a number of trophies and medals during a year that could have been further interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Director Ryan Runyan said the band earned three marching band trophies, was tapped as the...
REGIONAL – The annual weather summary from the Farmers Almanac says this winter will be milder than normal and not quite as wet, with the majority of heavy wet snow staying west in eastern Colorado and western Nebraska and to the north. It’s been a little unusual this year as the Shelby...
REGIONAL – The number of registered sex offenders that call the greater Shelby County area their home has remained steady in the last 12 months, according to Iowa’s state sex offender registry. Shelby County and areas surrounding the county have 45 registered sex offenders, as opposed to...
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