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HARLAN – Parking changes may be forthcoming for some streets in Harlan to comply with the International Fire Code as it pertains to safe clearance distance for emergency vehicles that may be responding to a call in the community. The Harlan City Council voted unanimously Tuesday, Oct. 4...
COUNTY -- The Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hosting a candidates forum Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 6 p.m. at the Harlan Community High School auditorium. Shelby County Auditor candidates incumbent Marsha Carter (D-Defiance) and Mark Maxwell (R-Harlan) will discuss the issues and...
“We have been tracking threats that have been made against schools across the country by individuals dressed in clown attire. “We take these threats seriously and any students attempting to dress as clowns or scare others using clown attire will face consequences. “We have been in touch...
REGIONAL – A terrified voice cried out in the night. “Who are you? What do you want?” The sound of snapping twigs closed in on the five teenagers enjoying an evening around a glowing campfire at Gitchie Manitou State Park. The night of music and laughter had taken a dark turn. Evil loomed...
HARLAN – Local economic development officials entertained a group from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Wednesday, Sept. 28 in a two-way exchange of ideas, information gathering and connections that is hoped to further develop communication between Shelby County and the state office. ...
REGIONAL – You’ll definitely feel them before you see them. Those little black bugs which seem to have more teeth than they do body, swarming through the air in the early fall evenings just before dark, causing distress for anyone who may be gardening, attending a ball game or just out for a...
ELK HORN -- On the evening of Thursday, October 6, Nazi concentration camp survivor Steen Metz will speak to an open audience at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church beginning at 7 p.m. A question-and-answer session will follow his 45-minute presentation. There is no admission charge. Metz was a...
COUNTY – Shelby County is recommending a business program that will provide financial incentives to companies that create new jobs within Shelby County. The county’s board of supervisors is proposing paying a company a certain dollar amount for new, full-time equivalent jobs created that...
ELK HORN -- After a comprehensive search that started in the spring of 2015, the board of directors and staff of the Museum of Danish America are announcing the selection of Rasmus Thøgersen as its new executive director. Thøgersen (pronounced too-er-sen) is from Hellerup, the suburb north...
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