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    HARLAN -- The Harlan Newspapers is again teaming up with area merchants to give away $1,100 in gift certificates this holiday season.    Simply find the announcement inside the Harlan Tribune or PennySaver each of the next five weeks for details, complete the registration form and deliver to...
Christensen
    HARLAN – Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad has appointed Harlan’s Susan Christensen as judge serving the 4th Judicial District.    Christensen, 53, was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the Honorable Timothy O’Grady.    Christensen currently serves as a District Associate Judge in the 4th...
"We’ve been focused on the square for years with the historical and keep neglecting the people outside. That’s where I have the issue.  They’re dilapidated just as bad.  They need just as much help and they’re just as big of an eyesore." Harlan City Councilman Dan Schumacher
    HARLAN – Downtown building owners in Harlan have the unique opportunity to participate in façade improvement through a state/federal grant program being offered through the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), and being applied for by the City of Harlan.    The Harlan City Council last...
Front row (l to r): Gregory Kraft, Eli Arnold.  Back row (l to r): Jack Klitgaard, Doug Chapman, Niall Mahoney  (Photo contributed)
    HARLAN – Harlan Boy Scout Troop 90 has announced a new community project called the Harlan Avenue of Flags that kicks off this week.    With the guidance of Scoutmaster Dr. Don Klitgaard and the other Troop 90 committee members, the project has three main purposes for the Boy Scouts:  provide a...
    DEFIANCE – Groceries, pop and beer bought at Walmart were among improper disbursements made by a former Defiance City Clerk now charged with theft, according to a special investigation by the state auditor’s office.    Auditor of State Mary Mosiman released Tuesday a report on the special...
Gene Gettys, Jr.
Mayor
    COUNTY -- Voter turnout was low for Tuesday’s municipal election that saw many incumbents elected to office as well as write-in candidates.    Harlan saw only a 1.9 percent voter turnout.  Incumbent Mayor Gene Gettys, Jr. received a total of 56 votes in retaining his mayor position.  David H....
	Crews finish laying a six-inch concrete overlay at the Harlan airport this week.  Hopes are the airport will re-open to aviation traffic by November 20.  (Photo by Kim Wegener)
    HARLAN – Renovations at the Harlan Airport are coming to a close this fall, as a $1.2 million runway paving project is nearly complete and Rushenberg Field gets set to re-open to aviation traffic.    Crews this week are nearing the finish of a 3,000-foot, six-inch concrete overlay construction...
Coach Angie Spangenberg talks with the team during the Cyclones’ sweep of Bondurant-Farrar.
Coach Angie Spangenberg talks with the team during the Cyclones’ sweep of Bondurant-Farrar. See Sports in the November 10 Harlan Tribune.
	Evan Nielsen as Chad (front) and Connor McMurphy as Ryan in HCHS’s production of Disney’s High School Musical, practice their parts during rehearsal this week.  The musical will be performed three times at HCHS this week, on Nov. 5 and 7 at 7 p.m. and a Sunday matinee Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.
HARLAN – Disney Channel’s smash hit movie musical High School Musical will come to life on the Harlan Community stage as the HCHS drama department invites the public to performances this week at the HCHS auditorium.    Performances will be Thursday, Nov. 5 and Saturday, Nov. 7, each at 7 p.m., and...
    HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center Board of Trustees approved a three year renewal contract for MMC CEO Barry Jacobsen on Tuesday. Jacobsen will be awarded an annual salary of $200,600 beginning January 1, 2016.         This new approved proposal is a 4.5 percent raise from his current salary of $...

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