HARLAN -- Masks are still required at sporting events hosted in the Harlan Community Schools, although the number of spectators will be allowed to increase, officials confirmed, after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds relaxed mask requirements across the state this week. The governor last Friday lifted...
HARLAN -- Tami Schechinger, Elk Horn, recently joined the Harlan Newspapers as an Advertising Account Executive. Schechinger comes to the Harlan Newspapers with an extensive background in sales and marketing, having served in those capacities with several local businesses over her career...
PORTSMOUTH -- The bottle of Seagram’s 7 whiskey has been on display at the Portsmouth American Legion for decades, saved for the last remaining World War II veteran from the post. That veteran so happens to be Alvin Heller, who couldn’t have been more surprised when Legion members from Post #547...
HARLAN -- During Catholic Schools Week, SCCS students painted kindness rocks to be placed in and around the six Catholic parishes.
HARLAN -- Interviews of the three finalists for the Harlan Community Schools superintendent position will be held Thursday, Feb. 11 in Harlan. Interview teams will start at 11 a.m. and run through roughly 7 p.m., with a school board meeting holding a closed session meeting following at 7:30...
HARLAN -- Pre-schoolers at the Shelby County Catholic School got the chance Friday to try out their snow shoeing skills. Shelby County and Iowa Department of Natural Resources Naturalist Christina Roelofs said she brings the program to the area schools for exercise, fun, and to show students...
COUNTY -- Educators and persons aged 75 and older are receiving their first COVID-19 vaccinations this week as local public health officials said Phase 1B of the vaccination program is getting under way in Shelby County. Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine began last week in Iowa. The...
HARLAN -- The year was 2006, and Leasa Stark Brouillard and her family moved back to Harlan, to care for her father who had cancer. After his passing, Brouillard thought, “oh boy, now what?” It had been years since the Harlan resident had practiced pottery, but an initiation by fire, as she...
HARLAN – Shelby County Catholic School, along with other Catholic schools across the nation, will celebrate Catholic Schools Week January 31-February 6. Catholic Schools Week is an annual observance meant to highlight the value of Catholic education and its contributions to communities and...
COUNTY – The well-being of Shelby County children continues to be better than average, according to the National Kids Count Initiative sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Comparatively, Shelby County’s children fare better than their counterparts across the state and nation, report...