HARLAN – Local economic development officials entertained a group from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Wednesday, Sept. 28 in a two-way exchange of ideas, information gathering and connections that is hoped to further develop communication between Shelby County and the state office. ...
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REGIONAL – You’ll definitely feel them before you see them. Those little black bugs which seem to have more teeth than they do body, swarming through the air in the early fall evenings just before dark, causing distress for anyone who may be gardening, attending a ball game or just out for a...
ELK HORN -- On the evening of Thursday, October 6, Nazi concentration camp survivor Steen Metz will speak to an open audience at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church beginning at 7 p.m. A question-and-answer session will follow his 45-minute presentation. There is no admission charge. Metz was a...
COUNTY – Shelby County is recommending a business program that will provide financial incentives to companies that create new jobs within Shelby County. The county’s board of supervisors is proposing paying a company a certain dollar amount for new, full-time equivalent jobs created that...
ELK HORN -- After a comprehensive search that started in the spring of 2015, the board of directors and staff of the Museum of Danish America are announcing the selection of Rasmus Thøgersen as its new executive director. Thøgersen (pronounced too-er-sen) is from Hellerup, the suburb north...
Harlan Community High School celebrated homecoming week this week with a series of dress-up days. Tuesday was Generation Day, and these students and teachers got in the spirit. Underclassmen dressed up as babies while upperclassmen and teachers dressed up as older individuals.
CHICAGO, IL -- Portsmouth native Jen Davidson won gold in female 4-way formation skydiving at the 2016 World Parachuting Championships this month at Skydive Chicago. This marks the first time the United States brought home the world championship title in this event. The world championships...
HARLAN -- The recently released 2015-2016 audit for the Harlan Municipal Utilities showed a “clean” audit with their combined net asset position up slightly, despite a slight decrease in overall sales. The Utility’s combined net position increased by $1,402,375 or 4.06%. This came despite...
HARLAN – Longtime Harlan Community School Board member Lonnie Muxfeldt was elected unanimously as the next president of the board of education, serving for the 2016-17 school year. Muxfeldt, who is starting his eighth year on the board, replaces Kathy Mahlberg who has served as board...