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COUNTY – Bomgaars has plans to build a new, larger facility in Harlan, on the south edge of town south of Settle Inn and adjacent to the proposed Buck Snort Restaurant in the Harlan Plaza subdivision. Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry Executive Director Todd Valline said hopes are...
COUNTY – Employees of the Shelby County Emergency Management Association (EMA) who may have received a positive performance review this fall won’t be getting a one percent salary increase come January 1 due to alleged management error. The Shelby County Board of Supervisors said they had not...
HARLAN -- A small group turned out Saturday morning, Dec. 16 for a pre-legislative meeting with Iowa Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) (right) and Iowa Rep. Steve Holt (R-Denison) in Harlan. The legislators held the meeting to inform residents about issues facing the Iowa Legislature this upcoming...
COUNTY – The annual holiday adoption program has come to an end this week, with many families receiving help this Christmas season. Dena Matthews, who manages the program through West Central Community Action, said as of early this week there still were quite a few families needing adoption. ...
HARLAN -- Ron Chamberlain and volunteers distributed candy canes with the candy cane legend story attached during the Santa in the Cabins event at the Shelby County Museum Thursday night. Chamberlain and his volunteers have given out 8,600 candy canes this holiday season.
KIRKMAN – A Kirkman teenager has spent the last year learning the beekeeping trade, thanks to a scholarship he was awarded in November, 2016 from the Iowa Honey Producers Association (IHPA). Reece Nielsen was one of 19 young adults from across Iowa to receive the scholarship, one of the IHPA’s...
COUNTY – Shelby County has been asked to consider support of a federal lawsuit against manufacturers of pharmaceutical opioid drugs, and if it does, would join more than 100 counties in eight states that are doing so, including most recently two in Iowa. Shelby County Board of Supervisors...
COUNTY – Shelby County has been asked to consider support of a federal lawsuit against manufacturers of pharmaceutical opioid drugs, and if it does, would join more than 100 counties in eight states that are doing so, including most recently two in Iowa. Shelby County Board of Supervisors...
DEFIANCE – The City of Defiance is seeking petition for title to an abandoned property located at 304 2nd Ave. in Defiance and owned by Gerald L. Wofford, Shirley A. Wofford, individually and as co-trustees of the Gerald and Shirley Wofford trust, who are residents of California and reside at 7479...
HARLAN -- Local legislators Steven Holt (R-Denison) and Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) will host a series of legislative coffees during the next few months, the first one being this weekend. The schedule is as follows. The public is encouraged to attend. All start at 10 a.m.- December 16 – Pre-...
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