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The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a celebration of life parade on behalf of Sergeant Donavon Dontje, 83-3, on Saturday, May 2. Staging will be at the Harlan Community High School for all law enforcement, fire/EMS and the public who would like to participate. Parking begins at 8 a...
STATE -- Ombudsman Kristie Hirschman is calling upon the public to stay on guard against child abuse, citing numbers from the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) that abuse allegations have fallen sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted leaders to close schools. Child-abuse reports...
HARLAN - The Harlan Newspapers has announced the launch of an advertising grant program aimed at helping local businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic this spring and possibly into the summer. The advertising grant fund will be dedicated to relief, recovery, and keeping Shelby County...
HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center CEO Barry Jacobsen knows there will be many decisions to be made in the next 30 days on how to resume normal operations at MMC as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be a fluid situation. Jacobsen is hopeful operations will be back to normal in the near future...
STATE -- On Monday, April 27, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the State Public Health Emergency Declaration until May 27, 2020. The proclamation loosens social distancing measures in 77 Iowa counties effective today, Friday, May 1 and continues other restrictions...
REGIONAL -- Myrtue Medical Center announced Wednesday it is ready to meet post COVID-19 challenges, and is making patient safety a top priority.
Elective Surgeries Per a declaration made by Gov. Kim Reynolds effective April 27, hospitals and outpatient surgery providers may conduct “in-...
HARLAN -- Curbside service will open at the Harlan Community Library on Tuesday, May 5. It will operate Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. until further notice. Items can be reserved online at the library website www.harlanlibrary.org or use the app Librista. After...
COUNTY -- From the Shelby County Treasurer’s Office: • Property tax payments paid on/before May 27 will not incur any penalty/interest. • Delinquent notices, normally scheduled to be mailed out May 1, are indefinitely postponed. • The annual tax sale, schedule for June 15th this year,...
COUNTY – Four Shelby County businesses have been awarded grants from the Iowa Economic Development Authority as part of the state’s Iowa Small Business Relief Fund, as announced by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in March. The award program has been developed to provide financial assistance to small...
STATE -- Iowa’s peak COVID-19 date has been moved up two days to May 5, according to projections from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. But late June remains the first time projections show the state should be able to relax social distancing...
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