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Summer feed program
    HARLAN -- The Harlan Community School’s summer feed program will begin on Thursday, May 28 for children aged 18 and younger.    While during the COVID-19 pandemic the school district has been providing delivery of meals to those 18 and younger who request it, the summer program will be a grab-n...
    HARLAN – Myrtue Medical Center has received federal stimulus dollars recently to help offset what’s projected to be considerable net revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic.    Myrtue is among hospitals in the country to receive emergency hospital funding under the federal stimulus CARES Act...
 Employees have to fish this stuff out of the trash basket at the plant to keep the pumps from clogging.
    HARLAN -- Anyone interested in seeing what people in Harlan are flushing down their toilets?    Employees have to fish this stuff out of the trash basket at the plant to keep the pumps from clogging.  You can see rubber gloves, wipes and hand towels mostly.    During this pandemic and the...
    COUNTY -- Shelby County has received more than 1,700 absentee ballot requests for this primary.  The last similar primary in 2016 yielded only 212 absentee voters counted.  Total votes in the 2016 primary were counted at 948.      The deadline to request an absentee ballot to be mailed is 5 p.m...
	Alex Londo (left) and Jordan Sanders show the face shields being made by the EMA’s 3D printer.
    COUNTY -- The Shelby County Emergency Management Agency has purchased a 3D printer and has begun making personal protection equipment for use by county first responders.    EMA Director Alex Londo said the agency purchased the printer for roughly $300, and is hoping to be reimbursed by the...
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    COUNTY -- A Kansas man who asked a Shelby County District Court judge to allow a trial by combat with melee weapons in a child custody situation has passed a psychological evaluation, and in turn has filed a lawsuit against the county, judge, attorneys and his ex-wife for violating his...
    REGIONAL -- Area school districts are preparing to honor their seniors a variety of different ways, including postponed in-person commencement exercises and virtual commencement or parades this month.    Exira-EHK, IKM-Manning and AHSTW have announced their end of the year and/or graduation...
Teachers, administrators and staff have packed up student belongings, and plan to give them back next week.
    HARLAN -- Students in the Harlan Community Schools will be able to pick up their belongings from their desks, lockers and classrooms next week thanks to a tremendous effort by teachers, staff and administration to gather it all together for quick distribution.    Dates, times, logistics and...
Toilet Paper Only
    HARLAN – Two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, and Harlan residents still aren’t heeding the call to quit flushing items down the toilet they shouldn’t.    A toilet paper shortage in March-April left residents scrambling for anything, and it all has been getting flushed.  Fortunately the...
    STATE – On Wednesday, May 13, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency.    The proclamation permits salons, barbershops, and massage and tattoo establishments to reopen throughout Iowa in a limited fashion with appropriate public health...

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