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HARLAN – The 96-member Harlan Community Cyclone Marching Band is gearing up for state contest this weekend, with a 2:30 p.m. performance time at Glenwood High School on Saturday, Oct. 19. It’s the annual Iowa High School Music Association contest, where the band will be vying for a Division...
COUNTY – Shelby County Auditor and Election Commissioner Mark Maxwell said this week that ballots for the general election are late to arrive. Maxwell said this year there was a condensed period of time from the election certification deadline to the first day ballots can be issued, which was...
COUNTY -- Shelby County Community Chest has kicked off its annual fund drive with hopes of raising $35,000 this year for local organizations. Shelby County Community Chest raises funds for local non-profit agencies which provide valuable services to youth, for area residents and to...
IOWA -- In 1993, four generations of the Petersen family gathered for the dedication of Vern and Wilmer Petersen Wildlife Management Area in Shelby County. Wilmer Petersen had donated an expanse of grassland and ponds in western Iowa to the state for wildlife and people to enjoy. His son, H...
HARLAN -- Myrtue Medical Center Board of Trustees has given approval to contract with Shive-Hattery Architecture to work on the design work for the proposed renovation of the north visitors’ entrance and the third floor old pharmacy area at MMC. MMC CEO Barry Jacobsen said DaVita...
HARLAN -- Fire department volunteers were at the area schools all week offering fire safety tips as part of Fire Prevention Week. Also shown is volunteer Patrick Gaul.
HARLAN – The sewer base rate in Harlan likely will increase in 2020 under a proposal being considered by the Harlan City Council. Any increase requires an ordinance change – three readings, and if approved, a $2 per month increase, from $8 to $10, would be implemented July 1, 2020. City...
HARLAN – A Harlan man has been charged in Shelby County District Court with two counts of second-degree sexual abuse. Dillen Brandyn Lee Hatcher, 27, 1712 8th St., faces up to 50 years in jail on the class B felony charges against him. According to court documents, Hatcher allegedly was...
HARLAN – Harlan city employees will not be allowed to use vaping products on city property or in city vehicles under a proposal being considered by the Harlan City Council. The Harlan City Council this month unanimously approved updating the employee handbook to include the vaping language...
EXIRA -- The Exira Elk Horn-Kimballton band and flag corps have been helping lead Spartan spirit during the football and volleyball games this season.
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