ELK HORN -- Salem Lutheran Homes and Rehabilitation Center announced today that construction will begin on the expansion of its dining room June 6. The project will add space for veterans’ activities to build upon being the only Veterans Certified facility in the area, allow Salem Homes to...
HARLAN – Four Harlan Community High School students earned outstanding honors at the national Business Professionals of America leadership conference this month, including a national champion crowned in freshman Jay Swanson and a national runner-up in Kyle Schmitz. Swanson, a freshman, became...
ELK HORN -- Mabel Madsen used to wait for her husband, Robert, to come home to greet him when he came home from work. This was one of her ways she showed her love. Now as Robert and Mabel sit side-by-side holding hands at Salem Lutheran Homes in Elk Horn, Mabel repeats the question a little...
HARLAN -- The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry will host a candidates’ forum on Monday, May 23 at 6 p.m. at the Harlan Community High School auditorium.
REGIONAL – Seniors from area high schools will graduate Sunday, May 22 in commencement exercises at their schools. Harlan Community High School will host pomp and circumstance beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday in the HCHS gymnasium. See the Tuesday, May 17 Harlan Tribune for details about the ceremony...
HARLAN -- In a few short weeks Anja Steiger of Germany, Alfonsina “Bonlli” de Santos Guzman of Mexico and Leonie Finkbeiner of Germany will be returning to their home countries with lots of great memories of Harlan and HCHS. The foreign exchange students were juniors at HCHS during the 2015-2016...
HARLAN -- Conservation Day for approximately 200 sixth graders from Shelby County was held at Prairie Rose State Park on Wednesday.
HARLAN -- Sarah Muller, Pella, has joined the Harlan Newspapers as summer intern. She is a junior studying journalism and mass communication with a minor in political science at Iowa State University. Muller wishes to have a job in the reporting field after graduation. “One of my...
COUNTY – Shelby County employees, those covered under a union agreement and those who are not, will see a 2.25 percent salary increase next year under a proposal approved by the county’s board of supervisors. In addition, the employees have the possibility of receiving an additional one...
WEST DES MOINES -- Harlan Community High School Senior Addie Kaster was recognized by Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad for outstanding academic achievement at the 14th-annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Ceremony May 1 at Hy-Vee Hall in Des Moines. The statewide program, sponsored by the Iowa...