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HARLAN -- Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn & Co., Atlantic, will continue to provide auditing services to Myrtue Medical Center. The MMC Board of Trustees approved the recommendation made by Kristy Hansen, chief financial officer at MMC to remain with Gronewold, Bell, Kyhnn & Co. for the term of...
ELK HORN -- A gas leak in Elk Horn Monday, April 25 forced a small evacuation until the leak could be contained and fixed. At approximately 11:15 a.m., Shelby Co. Emergency Management and 911 were notified of a gas line rupture near 4013 Main Street (Highway 173) in Elk Horn. Elk Horn Fire...
HARLAN -- The Harlan City Council this week appointed Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. as special legal counsel to represent the City of Harlan in employment law matters. The council met in special session Wednesday, April 27 for the sole purpose of appointing special counsel. The council voted...
HARLAN – School board members who attended a national conference in Boston, MA this month said they were excited to bring back information from the convention that will directly improve student learning in the Harlan Community School District. Those sentiments come from Kathy Mahlberg and...
COUNTY – Keith Bauer remembers the days when the Western Iowa Arts Association performed full-blown Broadway musicals. Oklahoma and The Music Man. Those were some awesome productions. They used to rehearse and perform in the old St. Michael’s Church in Harlan, the same building that...
HARLAN – Two Harlan Community School Board members recently attended the National School Board Association convention in Boston, MA, at a cost of $4,713.96 to the school district. HCS Superintendent of Schools Justin Wagner confirmed that board president Kathy Mahlberg and board member Joni...
COUNTY – Grants totaling $107,719.12 were awarded last week to Shelby County nonprofit agencies by the Shelby County Community Foundation.
Nonprofit representatives receiving grant awards. 1st row, left to right: Jim Crawford, Portsmouth Fire Department; Dena Matthews, West Central...
HARLAN – It’s not official policy, but it doesn’t look right and shouldn’t happen. Those words come from some Harlan City Council members who agreed last week to develop a policy that eliminates providing alcohol free of charge for city employees at a city event such as the city’s annual...
HARLAN – Harlan City Administrator Terry Cox admitted last week that he wrongly submitted a reimbursement request for a hotel room that was provided to him for free, and he’s now facing some serious questions from city officials who are further investigating Cox’s expense reports. Harlan...
Gone, but not forgotten. An on-campus group aims to sculpt a lasting legacy for a fallen student in the form of a memorial scholarship. Aptly named the “Emmalee Jacobs Memorial Scholarship,” it stands in memory of the student whose life was lost in a hit-and-run accident in December for...
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