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February 15, 2021The Harlan Community Board of Education is pleased to announce a new district superintendent pending formal board approval. The school board and Grundmeyer Leader Services Consultants conducted semifinalist screening interviews on Thursday, Jan. 21. Soon after the screening...
HARLAN -- Raymond Anastasi’s words of advice for a successful marriage are “Never get angry with each other and help each other. Love, respect, common sense and laugh a lot!” Raymond and his wife, Frances “Frankie”, have been each other’s Valentines for more than seven decades. The couple...
Wind chills of 35 below expected by Sunday. Please be safe and prepared and have a vehicle safety kit. This from the National Weather Service....Prepare for Cold WeatherThe way to avoid frostbite and hypothermia is to plan for extreme cold before it arrives. Don't get caught unprepared.
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WESTPHALIA – Temperatures dipped into the single digits Saturday evening, Feb. 6, but the bitter cold temps and wind chills didn’t keep Shelby County from once again supporting the annual Shelby County Cattlemen’s Association through its annual banquet. The event was held drive-through only...
HARLAN -- Masks are still required at sporting events hosted in the Harlan Community Schools, although the number of spectators will be allowed to increase, officials confirmed, after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds relaxed mask requirements across the state this week. The governor last Friday lifted...
HARLAN -- Tami Schechinger, Elk Horn, recently joined the Harlan Newspapers as an Advertising Account Executive. Schechinger comes to the Harlan Newspapers with an extensive background in sales and marketing, having served in those capacities with several local businesses over her career...
PORTSMOUTH -- The bottle of Seagram’s 7 whiskey has been on display at the Portsmouth American Legion for decades, saved for the last remaining World War II veteran from the post. That veteran so happens to be Alvin Heller, who couldn’t have been more surprised when Legion members from Post #547...
HARLAN -- During Catholic Schools Week, SCCS students painted kindness rocks to be placed in and around the six Catholic parishes.
HARLAN -- Interviews of the three finalists for the Harlan Community Schools superintendent position will be held Thursday, Feb. 11 in Harlan. Interview teams will start at 11 a.m. and run through roughly 7 p.m., with a school board meeting holding a closed session meeting following at 7:30...
HARLAN -- Pre-schoolers at the Shelby County Catholic School got the chance Friday to try out their snow shoeing skills. Shelby County and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Naturalist Christina Roelofs said she brings the program to the area schools for exercise, fun, and to show students...
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