HARLAN – The City of Harlan has approved financing for $1.5 million in general obligation capital loan notes with United Bank of Iowa at a true interest rate of 2.477 percent and total interest costs over 10 years amounting to $180,579.78.    United Bank of Iowa was the lowest of three local bidders, the others being Midstates Bank and Shelby County State Bank.  Midstates Bank had a true interest cost bid of 2.611 percent and total interes

    COUNTY -- The Shelby County Community Foundation awarded $117,594 in grants to county non-profit agencies on Thursday, April 19.    Twenty agencies shared in the grants after submitting applications by the February 1 deadline.

    HARLAN -- Caitlin Yamada, Harlan, recently joined the Harlan Newspapers as its summer intern.    Yamada is a sophomore at Iowa State University in Ames majoring in journalism and mass communication with a dual minor in sociology and women’s and gender studies.    “When I went to college, I had no idea what I wanted to do,” Yamada said.    Yamada bounced around and considered majors like education and sociology.

    TENNANT -- Arletha Hockett of Tennant will mark her 90th birthday on May 15. Arletha’s family is requesting a card shower in her honor. Cards will reach her if sent to 802 Stevens Ave., Tennant, IA 51537.    She has three daughters: Sheryl and Jim Hansen, Sunrise Beach, MO; Carol Kern, Council Bluffs; Pam and Dave Hipnar, Vail; and one son, Jamie and Kristi Hockett, Tennant. Arletha has nine grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.

 ATLANTIC (April 30) -- Highlighted by a pair of personal bests in the boys shot put, the Harlan Community track teams tuned up for the conference meet by placing a combined 29 times at Monday’s windy Atlantic Trojan Co-Ed Invite. The Atlantic boys (144 points, 10 gold medals) and the Glenwood girls (145) both cruised to team titles on the night, outscoring their closest competition by at least 50. Bolstered by 34 points in the field events, t

 ATLANTIC (May 1) -- Blake Osbahr scored back-to-back goals in a span of 61 seconds to lead the AHSTW boys soccer team past Atlantic 2-1 in non-conference action Tuesday. Atlantic (3-8 overall) scored first on a Brady Dickerson goal with 23:00 left in the first half but would be shut out the rest of the way.

 DENISON (April 28) -- The AHSTW girls soccer team finished 1-1 at last Saturday’s Denison Tournament, beating Carroll in a PK shootout before losing to Sioux City North 6-2. The Carroll match was tied 1-1 following regulation before the Lady Vikes outscored the Tigers 4-2 in the shootout.

 DUNLAP (April 30) -- Evan Wilson earned gold medals in both the two-mile and mile runs Monday night, sparking the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton boys track team to a fourth-place finish in the Rolling Valley Conference Championships at Dunlap. A strong south wind gusted well over 30 miles per hour, blowing directly into the face of runners on the track’s home stretch and hampering most runners’ times. Wilson, who alternated between a headwind and

 MISSOURI VALLEY (May 2) -- AHSTW athletes combined to win eight events and IKM-Manning also enjoyed its fair share of success during this week’s two-day Western Iowa Conference Co-Ed Track Meet held at Missouri Valley. Thunderstorms suspended the action Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.