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COUNTY – Local residents considering a run for public office in Shelby County are being made aware this month of the deadlines for the 2020 election, courtesy of Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell. County offices up for election in 2020 include the auditor (Maxwell), sheriff Neil Gross and...
HARLAN – Sixty-two people participated in a school-sponsored community engagement meeting Monday, March 9 at Harlan Community High School, offering their thoughts and communication on the future of the school district. Split up into small groups, the district patrons answered a number of...
HARLAN -- The music students perform for their peers, encouraging them to be part of the band when they reach 5th grade.
After 34 years of successful Home Shows held each spring in Harlan’s Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, the Harlan Newspapers is offering a different kind of event this year. Due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak across the globe, and the uncertainty of its impact in Iowa by March 28, this year’s “Home,...
STATE -- Testing at Iowa’s State Hygienic Laboratory has indicated three presumptive positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iowa residents. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), the individuals are from Johnson County: one middle-age (41-60 years) adult...
HARLAN -- The City of Harlan is proposing a $1.1 million bond issue to pay for a new fire truck, street work, and self-containing breathing apparatuses for the fire department. On Tuesday, March 3, the council voted unanimously to set March 17 as the date for a public hearing on the...
HARLAN -- On Saturday, Feb. 29 the Harlan Community Schools Individual Speech Team, under the direction of Lisa Hagemeier, traveled to Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs for the Iowa High School District Speech Competition. Those performers who earned a division I rating will...
HARLAN – The Harlan Jazz Experience has qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships by placing first at the district jazz festival last month, and will perform Tuesday, April 7 on the campus of Iowa State University with hopes of securing a state title. Performance time for Harlan Community...
HARLAN -- Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds told Shelby County residents during a town hall meeting Friday, March 6 that her Invest in Iowa Act proposal will lower taxes while providing needed funding for mental health initiatives, conservation and water projects. Approximately 30 people turned out to...
OMAHA, NE -- Former Shelby County resident Jay Hanson is starring in the Omaha Community Playhouse’s production of Once, running now through March 22 in Omaha. Once opened February 22 at the Hawks Mainstate Theatre, with performances being held Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at...
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