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HARLAN – The Shelby County Community Kids Fest will be held at Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium in Harlan Saturday, April 16 from 9-11:30 a.m. Kids Fest is a community health and safety fair for children ages preschool through 5th grade and their families. The event will be filled with...
HARLAN -- The Harlan City Council has approved a request to block off streets and close a downtown parking lot for the Annual Shelby County Relay For Life event on Friday, June 3. The council unanimously approved the request to close 6th, 7th, Market and Court Streets which border the Shelby...
HARLAN -- Logan Peters, a senior at Harlan Community High School, was recently presented the school’s highest agricultural honor, the DEKALB Agricultural Accomplishment Award.
HARLAN – An escapee from a residential work facility Sunday, April 10 was captured in Shelby County. News reports indicate Colton Benson-Blaine, 25, a native of Harlan, was arrested in Shelby County. Iowa law enforcement officials had been searching for Benson-Blaine after he allegedly...
HARLAN – Harlan Community vocal students are heading to The Big Apple this week for a choral performance at a historical chapel as well as sightseeing and other musical offerings in New York City. Ninth-12th grade vocal students have been afforded the opportunity to participate on the trip. ...
HARLAN – The Harlan Fire Department has been named Fire Department of the Year by the Iowa Fire Association. The presentation of a plaque in the department’s honor was made at the Harlan City Council meeting this week. Nominated by Atlantic Fire Chief Mark McNees, the Harlan department...
HARLAN – Myrtue Medical Center announced the addition of Sarah Mgonja, DNP-FNP, a Nurse Practitioner. Sarah will join Myrtue on August 1, 2016. Sarah Mgonja received her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Creighton University and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Upper Iowa...
HARLAN – Class sizes at the elementary level likely will be higher next year as Harlan Community Schools administration wrestles with the difficulty of balancing financial solvency with state funding, staffing and declining enrollment. The HCS Board of Education unanimously approved the 2016...
HARLAN -- Harlan Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees approved bids to clear out and clean up parts of the former headquarters facilities to be used for “cold storage.” The old facilities, located on the east end of Highway 44 going through Harlan, will see demolition to floors, walls, plumbing...
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