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HARLAN – Auditors for the Harlan Community School District report increased revenues and expenditures with a clean audit for the year ended June 30, 2021. The HCS Board of Education accepted the audit from Schroer & Associates, P.C. during its regular meeting Monday, Feb. 21. HCS...
HARLAN – The Harlan Education Association and Harlan Community Schools Board of Education will enter exempt closed session meetings to negotiate a contract settlement following initial proposals presented Monday, Feb. 21. Both entities proposed a yearly package increase of three percent for...
HARLAN -- Nancy Boettger of Harlan was selected as the 2022 Iowa Mother of the Year®. She is the 73rd woman in Iowa history to hold this honor. In the early 1980s, after working beside her husband on the farm and also raising their four children for 15 years, Boettger earned a BA in...
From Staff Reports HARLAN -- Ed Goetzinger was named Citizen/Volunteer of the Year at the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s annual awards banquet held Friday evening, Feb. 25 at the C.G. Therkildsen Center in Harlan. Goetzinger was recognized for his many volunteer efforts,...
HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan has been named one of the 100 highest-ranked Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. This annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the...
HARLAN – The Harlan Jazz Experience has qualified for the 2022 Iowa Jazz Championships (IJC) with a first-place showing in Class 3A at the Dick Bauman District Jazz Festival held Monday, Feb. 21 in Glenwood. First and second place winners at districts are automatic qualifiers for IJC. ...
HARLAN – The City of Harlan currently is seeking applications for mayor through March 18 following the resignation of Mayor Mike Kolbe effective March 31. The Harlan City Council formally accepted Kolbe’s resignation at its February 15 council meeting, and will proceed with an appointment...
DEFIANCE – The City of Defiance has begun the process of seeking funding to rehabilitate its older water tower in an effort provide an additional water source for the community and surrounding area. Defiance Mayor Jamie Goetz said last week it’s become apparent that drought conditions have taken...
ELK HORN – Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst says she’s working diligently at the federal level on a number of issues to address child care challenges, and praised the efforts of the Elk Horn community to team with its school for daycare space to meet childcare needs locally, an initiative Ernst said she...
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