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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...
LOGAN -- To say that this has been a big year for the Logan-Magnolia band program is an understatement. Not only has the jazz band qualified for the second year in a row for the Iowa Jazz Championships, but the concert band has been selected to perform at the Iowa Bandmasters Association...
COUNTY – An independent audit, tax and consulting firm retained by Shelby County through its legal counsel, Ahlers and Cooney P.C., to deeper investigate the findings of a state audit regarding the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency, has confirmed alleged, improper vacation payments to...
HARLAN – Breaking Cylence and Cytones, Harlan Community’s high school and middle school show choirs, have kicked off the contest season with exciting repertoire under the themes Dancing Through the Decades and Straight Vibin’ in the Light. Landon Stalzer is director of the high school group...
HARLAN – Harlan Community Schools will host a stakeholder engagement meeting Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the HCHS gymnasium in an effort to hear from district residents what they identify as future needs and goals for the school district. All district patrons are invited to attend. An...
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