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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. 1, Louie Mullen, owner of Blackbird LLC, became the new owner of the business. Co-publishers Alan Mores and Steve Mores are confident...
PANAMA -- Richard “Dick” Keane of Panama works in the electronics field but he also thinks being a “full-time” grandpa would be a fun job. He and his wife, Kathy’s, first grandchild, Gabe, just celebrated his first birthday in July. “I know that I am in the technological world but there is...
HARLAN – The City of Harlan will save approximately $200,000 in interest costs by refinancing three of its current bond issues, and coupling them with a proposal to bond for fire department needs including a new fire truck and fire breathing apparatus. Bids were let last week and came in...
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,...
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...
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. 21 and ran 9.43...
HARLAN -- The State Library of Iowa has announced that the Harlan Community Library has met the conditions for state accreditation as outlined in “In Service to Iowa: Public Library Standards Sixth Edition.” Achieving accreditation requires a significant, ongoing local commitment to high...
COUNTY – Shelby County has authorized the purchase of an election ballot counting machine that will provide proven security, reliability and faster calculation of absentee ballots for the 2020 general election. The county’s board of supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 18 to purchase...
STATE -- Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) and more than $2 million in funds to Iowa counties, including Shelby County, to utilize for the November 3 general election. The PPE includes face shields, masks, gloves, hand sanitizer and social...
COUNTY – Shelby County and Harlan are applying for reimbursement monies from federal/state CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act funding to help offset costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Shelby County is allotted approximately $125,000 in reimbursable funds,...
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