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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...
HARLAN -- The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office completed a theft investigation March 30, culminating with the arrest of Justin Levell, 28, 207 Jane St., Irwin. Sheriff’s officials said Levell was found to be in possession of a 35-foot camper trailer at his residence in Irwin, along with a...
COUNTY – The third and final reading of an ordinance pertaining to the use of the road right-of-way in Shelby County will be presented for discussion and public input at today’s county board of supervisors meeting. Officials said basically they are updating an ordinance currently in place. ...
ELK HORN -- Kindergarten and first grade students at Exira-EHK Elementary School recently learned about different types of careers. In Mrs. Jordan Webster’s first grade class, nine of her 14 students want to work with animals or be a veterinarian when they are older. AMVC employees were invited to...
HARLAN – Harlan Cub Scout Pack 90 and Boy Scout Troop 90 will conduct their annual Scouting for Food drive Saturday, April 9 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Hy-Vee and Fareway Grocery Stores in Harlan. All proceeds of food and cash will be donated to the Shelby County Food Pantry in Harlan. ...
MANNING -- It was a very successful season for the 2015-2016 members of the Quiz Bowl team at IKM-Manning. The members have been meeting Wednesday mornings since the beginning of November. The varsity boys’ team won the Logan-Magnolia competition followed then by the girls’ team placing fourth...
HARLAN -- Harlan Community High School juniors and seniors will once again be hosting a community service day, scheduled for Wednesday, April 20. Students will contribute up to six hours of volunteer work in the many communities served by HCHS. “We are extremely fortunate to be part of a...
HARLAN -- Students in the Harlan Community Schools were treated to a program about eagles from Shelby County/DNR Naturalist Christina Roelofs this week. The eagle in the background is Cassie, a partial amputee most likely due to collision with a train. The tip of one of her wings was mangled...
REGIONAL – “I’m on the Elk Horn ramp. My wife is getting ready to have a kid. I need help.” That plea was from Chris Bengel early Tuesday morning, March 29, as it became apparent that his wife, Erica, would likely not make it to the hospital in Council Bluffs, and that their third child...
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