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HARLAN -- The Harlan Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees has approved a proposal to pay $25,000 for a rate study of their three main utilities. A proposal from Dave Berg Consulting of Minneapolis, MN would perform electric, natural gas and water cost-of-service and rate design studies for...
COUNTY -- The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office this week announced the hiring of two deputy sheriffs. Michael Jurgensen was a patrolman with the Harlan Police Department prior to joining the sheriff’s office 18 months ago. Jurgensen is assigned road patrol and investigations. Braden Quist...
HARLAN -- Harlan Community School’s Large Group Speech team, under the direction of Ms. Lisa Hagemeier, participated in the Iowa High School Speech Association’s Contest on Saturday, Jan. 23. There were eight events with six qualifying for state on February 6. The categories and participants...
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An estimated 950 Shelby County Republicans packed into the Harlan Veterans Memorial Auditorium, while the Therkildsen Center held another 300 Democrats for the annual Iowa Caucus...on the Republican side Ted Cruz topped Donald Trump in a heated battle while Bernie...
Maybe it was the non-stop barrage of warnings that started on Thurs., Jan. 28 that warned us of impending Winter Storm Kayla...it didn’t hit with a whimper...it’s pretty much what we expected....heavy wet snow with estimates in the eight inch range but worse as you go north of Shelby Co.... 31-32...
Highlights include: Nancy Osborn and Lori Baughman share an embrace after Baughman was honored as a Cancer survivor. The half-court basketball shot fundraiser was a success. Students sell ducks as a fund-raiser event during the evening. Clare Klein hands a rose to Cancer survivor Ruth...
HARLAN – Shelby County Catholic School, along with other Catholic schools across the nation, will celebrate Catholic Schools Week January 31-February 5. Catholic Schools Week is an annual observance meant to highlight the value of Catholic education and its contributions to communities and...
COUNTY – Local political chairpersons are excited about caucus night next Monday, and are urging residents to turn out and participate in the process that will ultimately vault presidential hopefuls into frontrunner status. The countdown to the caucus is on, with only a few days left until...
COUNTY – Most elected officials in Shelby County will see a 2.5 percent salary increase under a proposal approved by the county’s board of supervisors Tuesday. After hearing recommendations from the county’s compensation board, the supervisors voted to implement the 2.5 percent increase for...
HARLAN -- Tonight, Tuesday, Jan. 26, the Harlan Community Future Health Professionals (HOSA), along with many other high school groups, will be hosting a Pink Out at the varsity doubleheader home basketball games starting at 6 p.m. There will be many fun activities in order to make this Pink...
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