News
HARLAN — Harlan Community High School Breaking Cylence and Middle School Cytones show choirs have been singing and dancing their way to success this season at various competitions. Their most recent success was this weekend at the Sing and Swing competition in Atlantic. Breaking Cylence...
HARLAN — U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) toured Sorensen Equipment in Harlan on Wednesday. Feenstra discussed his agriculture tour, the farm bill, asset depreciation and the estate tax. Participants included Sorensen Equipment owners and employees and the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce...
HARLAN – Governor Kim Reynolds recently appointed Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell to a four-year term with the State of Iowa County Finance Committee. Maxwell will be one of five elected county officials elected to the eight member committee, which also consists of the Auditor of the State,...
AREA — New data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed all teens are increasing mental health challenges, experiences of violence, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The survey also showed girls fared worse than boys across...
HARLAN — A Harlan family recently brought a new life into the world with help from a lifelong friend. Matt and Mary Hoch’s daughter, Ruth, was born October 23, 2022. Ruth’s birth story, however, began over three and a half years ago when the Mary gave birth to her daughter, Hazel. Mary had a...
By Elizabeth A. Elliott,Editor HARLAN – An annual tradition is returning to Shelby County as Catholics enter the season of Lent. Fish – baked and fried – will be coming to a parish near you. St. Michael’s Church in Harlan and St. Joseph’s Church in Earling are hosting fish fries again this...
DES MOINES – The steps outside of the Iowa State Capitol were awash in a sea of red shirts and signs held high against eminent domain and the potential of CO2 pipelines being built throughout the state. “(Tuesday) was the big carbon pipeline opposition rally and lobby day. There’s hundreds...
HARLAN — Producers Livestock Marketing Association, based in Omaha, Neb., announced that Tim Meyer has been named as its new CEO. Meyer will be succeeding Rick Keith, who will be retiring on February 20. Meyer, a native of a Holstein family farm and long time Harlan resident, has been with the...
Staff Reports HARLAN – Michele Monson, RNC-OB, manager of Myrtue’s Birthing Center, was selected as one of the Great Iowa Nurses for 2023 for routinely going above and beyond to ensure safe, compassionate nursing care. “I am honored to receive the Great Iowa Nurse award. All Great Iowa...
By Elizabeth A. Elliott, Editor HARLAN — The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry hosted its 2023 Annual Awards Banquet on Friday at the Harlan Golf & Country Club.With the theme Run for the Roses, guests networked, dined and celebrated Shelby County. Following dinner, guests...
Pages
Harlan Newspapers
1114 7th Street
P.O. Box 721
Harlan, IA 51537-0721
(800) 909-6397
news2@harlanonline.com