HARLAN – Harlan Community Schools Superintendent Justin Wagner thinks attending a national conference is important for the HCS Board of Education members, and he’s hoping it’s possible to offer that opportunity again in 2018 after a year off.    The National School Boards Association annual conference will be held April 7-9 in San Antonio, TX.  Wagner said he’s not sure if the district can pull off sending board members this year, but he says

REGIONAL – Needy families will get some help from generous donors this holiday season as part of the annual Adopt-A-Family Christmas program in Shelby County.    The Christmas season is just around the corner and a few families already are signed up for adoption.    Since the program was first started 60 years ago by the Harlan Newspapers, more than 4,100 low-resource families in need of assistance have had a merrier holiday season.  In 2016,

ELK HORN -- The World Æbleskiver Major League Eating Contest in Elk Horn was the recipient of a tourism award during the Iowa Tourism Conference held recently.    The Iowa Tourism Office and the Travel Federation of Iowa presented 27 awards recognizing excellence in the tourism industry at a ceremony in Sioux City during the 2017 Iowa Tourism Conference last month.

    HARLAN – Private funding has helped launch a new program at Harlan Community High School that will allow students to work on cyber security problems, managing networks and maintaining critical service operating systems.    With $2,500 in outside funding in hand, HCHS is putting in place CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association (AFA).  The program inspires K-12 students toward careers in

HARLAN -- Seventeen Harlan FFA members traveled to the National FFA Convention and Expo on October 24-27 in Indianapolis, IN.

ELK HORN -- Elk Horn residents will head to the polls today to cast ballots on an issue the city is proposing to establish a capital improvement reserve fund and levy a tax not to exceed 67.5 cents per $1,000 taxable valuation for the purpose of maintenance and repair of the swimming pool and maintenance and construction of municipal buildings.    The levy would be in effect for 10 years.

LINCOLN, NE - Funeral services are Sat., Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. at the First Plymouth Church, Lincoln, NE for three-time HCHS Supt. Bob Broomfield who died on Thursday, Nov. 9 in his sleep at their home. Broomfield and his wife, MJ, were also the co-directors of  Shelby County's economic development arm, called Developsource from 2010-2013.
 

CEDAR FALLS - Down 35-0 at one point in the first half, the Cyclones stormed back in the second half to almost pull off the upset of the season, losing 41-39 in the Class 3A semifinals at the UNI-Dome. With 59 seconds left the Cyclones went for two points but a bobbled snap and a Pella defensive rush ended the Cyclones dream as Deren Schmitz's pass - as he was going to the ground - was incomplete to Brett Sears at the 2-yard line.

Josh DeWeerd has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into claims that he has engaged on conduct inconsistent with his role as principal of Shelby County Catholic Schools in Harlan. -- Statement from Des Moines Diocese.

Unofficial Shelby County city election results from Nov. 7, 2017 are:
Mayor: Mike Kolbe - Council Member at Large: Sharon Kroger - Council Member Ward 1: Jay Christensen - Council Member Ward 3: Jeanna Rudolph. See Friday's News-Advertiser for more information and results.
 

HARLAN -- It was a cold start to the morning Saturday, Oct. 28, but the chilly weather couldn’t put a damper on the Harvest Fest fun in Harlan.  See more photos inside next Tuesday’s Harlan Tribune. 

COUNTY – Shelby County voters will head to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 7 to cast ballots in a municipal election that will feature a number of contested races as well as positions that will be filled by write-in vote.    Polls are open from noon-8 p.m.

HARLAN – Harlan Municipal Utilities CEO Ken Weber has received a favorable performance review and will continue  as head of HMU under a three-year contract as approved by the HMU Board of Trustees.    Board member Terry Arentson said a committee of the board met with Weber recently and determined that he had met all of his performance goals for the past year.  Additionally, performance goals have been put together for the next fiscal year as w

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Courtesy Sioux City Journal....
 
HARLAN, Iowa | In the end, Justin Smith had a simple explanation.

"The better team took over," said the Sergeant Bluff-Luton coach after his team fell to Harlan. "They played better football than us tonight. They were an awfully good football team."