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    COUNTY -- A relatively mild start to January, 2020 turned more realistic this past weekend Friday-Saturday, Jan. 17-18 as a major winter storm hit the region bringing with it snow, wind, ice, sleet and bitter cold.    Harlan officially received six inches of snow Friday followed by some sleet,...
Shelby County Board of Supervisors
    COUNTY – Charles Parkhurst has been named chairman of the Shelby County Board of Supervisors this year, and will preside over a board that is currently working diligently to prepare next year’s budget.    Parkhurst is joined on the board by supervisors Steve Kenkel and Darin Haake.    Parkhurst...
Town hall meeting with Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg.
    HARLAN -- Approximately 171 people turned out on a cold and snowy afternoon Saturday, Jan. 18 for a town hall meeting with Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg.  The event was held at the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry atrium.  The standing room only crowd heard...
Dr. Jill Biden
    HARLAN --  Dr. Jill Biden, the former second lady of the United States and wife of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, made a stop in Harlan at Milk & Honey Monday afternoon, Jan. 13 to campaign for her husband.
Charlotte Schwery, Maya Boettger and Kiley Cote (L to R).
    HARLAN -- Charlotte Schwery, Maya Boettger and Kiley Cote (L to R) have fun at a basketball game recently performing in the spirit clinic at Harlan Community High School.  (Photo by Mike Oeffner)
Harlan Newspapers Sports Editor Mike Oeffner (left) with Todd Gordon, past-president and member of the IHSADA Executive Board.
    HARLAN -- Harlan Newspapers Sports Editor Mike Oeffner (left) was honored this week with the Iowa High School Athletic Director's Association (IHSADA) 2020 "Sports Media Award."    Presenting Oeffner with the award prior to the Harlan Community-Glenwood boys basketball game Tuesday, Jan. 14 was...
Front: Kaleb Ask; Middle: Emma Schechinger, Emily Taggs, Evelyn Schechinger, Jennifer Crosley, Sydney Leaders, Ainsley Wolford; Back: Alyssa Henderson, Joseph Andersen, Samuel Andersen, Joe Evans, Elaina Vrchoticky, David Kluver, Eli Arnold; not pictured Ashley Knudtson
    HARLAN – Faith Sound, the interdenominational, contemporary music group based out of Harlan, has kicked off its concert season with its first performances of the year, and additional performances are slated in Harlan and the surrounding area during the next few months.    The first performance...
HARLAN – A Shelby County District Court judge ruled this week that proper procedural steps were not taken, and thus it won’t take action at this time on a Kansas man’s motion for trial by combat with his ex-wife, Bridgette Ostrom, or in her place, her attorney Matthew Hudson, both of Harlan.    ...
    HARLAN -- The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry is partnering with Iowa Workforce Development and Iowa Economic Development Authority to complete a Laborshed employment study for the Harlan area.    This study will geographically define which communities contribute to Harlan’s...
    COUNTY – The Shelby County Board of Supervisors unanimously has approved a resolution allowing for the master matrix to be utilized in the county in regards to livestock confinements.    The approval again this year came with some conversation, with the continued thought there has to be some...

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