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HARLAN – A vacancy remains on the Harlan Community Schools Board of Education as there were no applications filed by the deadline this week for the now open District 6 board seat. Tarah Devlin-Lawler’s last board meeting was Thursday, July 23, and the district is actively seeking an...
HARLAN – Parents/guardians who decide to keep their children home and remote learn during part (or all) of the 2020-21 school year have until Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 4 p.m. to complete the request form sent to them in registration materials this week. It’s a fast track registration process,...
MENOMONIE, WI -- UW-Stout’s Jessica DuVal has been nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award, a national-level award that honors the academic achievements, athletics excellence, community service and leadership of graduating female college athletes from all three NCAA divisions. To be...
HARLAN – Citizen complaints about the number of Canadian Geese in two Harlan parks, specifically Pioneer Park and more recently Little George Park, have prompted the City of Harlan to look at mitigation techniques, city officials said this week. Harlan City Administrator Gene Gettys, Jr....
COUNCIL BLUFFS -- United States Attorney Marc Krickbaum announced July 14 that United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger sentenced Blake Edward Cooper, 51, Harlan, to 60 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to drug user in possession of a firearm. Cooper was ordered to...
COUNTY -- The message is clear. Shelby County Public Health and Myrtue Medical Center stand behind state and local health officials who recommend wearing face coverings to limit the spread of COVID-19. Those words come on the heels of public comments made at a school board workshop...
HARLAN – All Harlan Community School District students will return to school Monday, Aug. 24, and will receive direct instruction from their classroom teachers, with appropriate health and safety measures in place, according to HCS’s Return to Learn Plan approved by the HCS Board of Education...
PORTSMOUTH -- Doramae Heller says she and her husband, Phil, feel lucky to live in a small town where people are concerned for others well-being. Portsmouth has been Doramae’s home since their marriage six decades ago and Phil’s home all his life. Doramae (Dermody) graduated from St. Joseph’...
COUNTY -- The Shelby County Fair was anything but ordinary this year. With the COVID-19 pandemic canceling many county fairs statewide as well as state fairs throughout the Midwest, fair officials here opted to put on a modified event, and it was very successful. 4-H’ers and FFA‘ers...
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