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HARLAN – Interim Harlan Community Schools Superintendent Lynn Johnson announced this week she has not applied for the permanent superintendent position. Johnson is in her second year as interim superintendent following the resignation of the previous superintendent in 2019, and said in an...
HARLAN – The Harlan Community School Board, following a closed session meeting Monday, Jan. 11, has narrowed its search for a permanent superintendent to eight candidates, with screening interviews set for Thursday, Jan. 21. Representatives from Grundmeyer Leader Search, the consulting firm...
DES MOINES -- The Iowa Supreme Court re-selected Justice Susan Christensen, Harlan, as chief justice. At the first meeting in each odd-numbered year, the justices of the supreme court by majority vote shall designate one justice as chief justice, to serve for a two-year term.
PORTSMOUTH -- Firefighters from the Portsmouth and Persia Fire Departments held a practice burn on a Portsmouth residence Saturday, Jan. 9. The home had been abandoned and reclaimed by the city.
Just now Shelby County Emergency Management and some helpful motorists pulled this vehicle from a drift at 7th and Durant Sts. Everyone was okay. Be Careful! Hard to see during these blizzard conditions.
Thinking we are getting more snow than the National Weather Service originally thought Harlan and Shelby County would see. We'll keep you posted.
WASHINGTON, DC – Steve Reid didn’t see a single act of violence at the rally in Washington, DC Wednesday, Jan. 6. “People praying, people singing, and yes, plenty of shouting obscenities, but no violence,” he said. “It wasn’t the free for all that is being portrayed by the mainstream media...
UPDATE -- Legislative Briefing scheduled for tomorrow morning in Harlan has been canceled.
HARLAN -- Iowa Rep. Steve Holt (R-Denison) and Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) will host a legislative briefing Saturday, Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. at the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry...
HARLAN – Nella Seivert admits she’s a little stubborn. So when the first cold symptoms came on back in late October into early November, she chalked it up to anything but the coronavirus and insisted that there really was nothing wrong with her. After all, she and her husband, Bob, owner-...
HARLAN – The Harlan Community High School Drama Department has announced it will present the spring musical Frozen Jr., with auditions set for this week. With the past year disrupting many events nationwide due to COVID-19, director Kayla Weis said the school will adhere to all audience...
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