COUNTY – Write-in votes will decide a number of municipal elections in the November general election as the deadline for filing nomination papers for mayor and city council came to an end Thursday, Sept. 19. Harlan will see incumbents and one newcomer unopposed for office, while Shelby and...
REGIONAL -- The greater Shelby County area saw rare late September severe weather Tuesday evening, Sept. 24, as heavy rains, winds, hail and tornados all were reported in and around Shelby County beginning at approximately 5 p.m. There were reports of brief tornado touchdowns in Harrison...
IRWIN -- Students from IKM-Manning had an educational time Friday, Sept. 20 at the annual youth day at Greenridge Antique Steam & Gas Show.
HARLAN -- There’s nothing quite like a Friday night at Merrill Field in Harlan.
IOWA CITY -- Along with a telephone used by Alexander Graham Bell; a 1960 Greensboro, Alabama, lunch counter; Dorothy’s ruby slippers; and Muhammad Ali’s boxing gloves, visitors to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., last spring also may have seen a...
HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools Board of Education will feature one challenged race as Allyson Bendorf has filed nomination papers to challenge incumbent Joni Larsen for the District 5 board position. Nomination papers were due to the school board secretary by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept....
HARLAN -- The Harlan Community is ready to celebrate homecoming this week, under the theme Retro/50’s Diner -- Groovin’ Our Way to Victory. There’s plenty of excitement in the air as the Harlan Community Cyclone football team readies to meet ADM in a Friday night match-up, hoping to get...
ELK HORN -- The Spartans will look to Cage the Cougars Friday night as Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton celebrates homecoming this week culminating with the football game versus CAM, beginning at 7 p.m. in Exira. The game is just one of a number of activities during the week.
HARLAN -- The annual Teal Out held at Harlan Community High School’s volleyball game Tuesday evening, Sept. 17 raised $4,800, to be donated to Colleen’s Dream Foundation. The monies will be used to research for a reliable early detection test for ovarian cancer as well as to find a cure for...
HARLAN -- Rainy conditions during the past week hasn’t stopped crews from Western Engineering from continuing street overlay work in town. Street work continued this week with many locations throughout the town seeing milling and overlay improvements.