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STATE -- While the Harlan Municipal Utilities isn’t planning to utilize it, many municipal utilities in Iowa are being offered a natural gas loan program through the Iowa Economic Development Authority to help with costs associated with last month’s unprecedented cold and the bills associated...
On Friday and Saturday, April 9th and 10th, Myrtue Medical Center’s Public Health, in partnership with Rex Pharmacy from Atlantic, will host a mass COVID-19, Pfizer vaccination clinic with 1,170 doses available. “With all Iowans being eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine beginning April 5, the...
REGIONAL -- According to a message on its website about the assistance effort, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has $2 billion earmarked to reimburse the families of COVID-19 victims for actual funeral expenses. The funds are for individuals and households with coronavirus-...
REGIONAL -- Bringing farmers and kids together is one of the ways that Loess Hills Agriculture in the Classroom (LHAITC) has been celebrating the month of March, a month dedicated to reading across Iowa. Agriculture literacy programs are gaining more recognition as LHAITC serves five...
HARLAN -- Multi-colored animal skulls hung on the wall of Kimberly Piro’s art studio while she explained her love for creating what she describes as ‘weird art.’ The remnants of a pale winter sun shone through the dimly lit studio, producing a natural light pleasant to any eye, even through a...
ELK HORN – Peggy and Rollie Hansen hadn’t been able to hold hands or hug for nearly seven months before they finally got the chance recently due to newly-updated guidance on care facility visitations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Rollie is a resident of the Salem...
HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools has approved a 2021-22 budget that calls for a steady levy but an increase in tax asking for expenses associated with its management fund and from property valuation increases. The HCS Board of Education Tuesday, March 23 unanimously approved the...
HARLAN -- The annual HCS Jazz Dance will be held Saturday, March 27 at 7 p.m. at Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium. The HCMS Jazz Band will kick things off at 7 p.m. followed by the HCHS Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. and HCHS Jazz Experience at 8 p.m. The audience is limited to family members of...
COUNTY – Shelby County residential and commercial property owners should anticipate a significant increase in their property valuations this year when receiving their valuations from the county assessor’s office in April. Shelby County Assessor Tony Buman said this week based on 2020 sales...
HARLAN -- Six Harlan Community High School music students have been selected for the prestigious Class 3A All-State Jazz Band, and will perform with the band in a concert slated for Saturday, June 12 in Pella. Congratulations to L to R -- Hannah Bissen, Jack Klitgaard, Griffin Schleimer,...
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