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HARLAN – Twenty-one Harlan Community High School Business Professionals of America (BPA) students have qualified for the national conference to be held in Orlando, FL May 10-14. The 2017 national leadership conference, Spread Your Wings, will welcome more than 5,000 conference delegates from...
HARLAN -- Harlan Community Schools elementary students had fun this week participating in Read Across America Week, celebrated in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday March 2. Students had fun dressing up in character and reading during the week.
STATE – The Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Health Statistics is taking steps to exchange any newborn birth certificate from May, 1993 to October, 2009, where the birth certificate is a small, wallet-sized card. The newborn birth certificate wallet cards issued during this time...
HARLAN – Five individuals were arrested and charged with various drug-related crimes following a bust at a Harlan residence last week. Shelby County Sheriff reports indicate that on Monday, Feb. 27 at approximately 11:30 p.m., the sheriff’s office along with assistance from the Harlan Police...
CHICAGO, IL -- McKenna Boardman and Ellen Keast from Harlan Community High School Student Council joined thousands of other student leaders at a Leadership Experience and Development (LEAD) Conference in Chicago, IL on February 10-12. LEAD Conferences offer experiential leadership skills...
COUNTY – The crazy spring weather has wreaked havoc on the county’s gravel and dirt road systems, and hopes are that sunshine and warm temperatures this weekend will help the roads heal from a winter that hasn’t been particularly kind. “Right now the roads are in tough shape,” Shelby County...
HARLAN – Eight Harlan Community High School speech students have qualified for state participation following outstanding performances at the district speech contest recently. On February 25, the HCSD Individual Speech Team, under the direction of Ms. Lisa Hagemeier, traveled to Griswold High...
HARLAN – Four elementary school students at the Harlan Community Schools have joined together to raise funds for a special project that will help students meet friends and have playmates during recess at the HCS Intermediate and Primary buildings. Paulina Vizcaino, Teya Frohlich, Lael Taylor...
COUNTY – County officials have pushed back a review of budget options until today with hopes of finalizing a 2017-18 budget plan and holding a public hearing on the budget proposal March 14. Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell, who also serves as budget director, said he’s been working...
COUNTY -- Shelby County Emergency Management announced this week that it will again be issuing local fire danger assessments for the spring season. Bob Seivert, Shelby County Emergency Management Director, said despite the recent snow and rain, there have been several grass and brush fires,...
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