HARLAN – A Harlan man has been charged with disorderly conduct after allegedly causing a disturbance and using a racial slur directed at another individual during a second-grade Christmas vocal concert at Harlan Community High School Thursday, Dec. 3. Kenneth James Smith, 53, faces a fine of...
HARLAN -- Harlan Community High School senior cheerleaders Shea Ehlert, April Olmos, and Ashley Hastert (l to r) were recently selected as members of the 2015 Iowa Cheer Honor Squad, and performed during half-time of two of the Iowa high school football championship games at the UNI-Dome in...
HARLAN -- The annual Blue Out for men’s cancer awareness and research was held Friday, Dec. 4 at Harlan Community High School, raising $9,500 for the cause.
The evening included a number of activities, including a bone marrow drive. (Photos by Mike Oeffner)
REGIONAL – The annual Christmas adoption list has grown to 136 families desiring “adoption,” and potential donors should contact West Central Community Action soon. Calls are being taken Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. or 2-4:30 p.m., for persons wishing to be adopted or to adopt a family....
DES MOINES -- Harlan Community High School’s Sarah Goedken was among the select students nominated to attend the World Food Prize Global Youth Institute Oct. 15-17 in Des Moines, during the Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium, which drew 1,300 people from more than 60 countries to discuss...
REGIONAL – The annual Christmas adoption list has grown to 113 families desiring “adoption,” and potential donors should contact West Central Community Action soon. Calls are being taken Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. or 2-4:30 p.m., for persons wishing to be adopted or to adopt a family....
HARLAN -- Iowa Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) and Rep. Steve Holt (R-Denison) will host a pre-legislative breakfast session for the public Saturday, Dec. 12 at 9 a.m. at Milk & Honey in downtown Harlan. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the event, where the local...
OUNTY – Shelby County is proposing an amendment to its winter road maintenance ordinance that would spell out financial penalties for residents who push snow into the roadway. The county’s board of supervisors will have a first reading of the ordinance change at its next meeting...
DES MOINES -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has awarded a number of area fire departments grants to aid their efforts in protecting Iowans and their property from wildfires. Local departments receiving 50 percent cost share grant monies include Elk Horn, Harlan and Irwin. The...
DES MOINES -- The Iowa Association of School Boards recognizes that learning and leadership on the part of school board members makes a difference at the board table and for students. At IASB’s 70th Annual Convention on Nov. 19, Harlan Community School Board member and IASB District 4...