HARLAN – The telecom committee of the Harlan Municipal Utilities (HMU) will be meeting later this month to develop a plan for the future of the telecom utility and present its findings to the full board at HMU’s first meeting in February.    The move comes after a nearly 80-minute open meeting Tuesday, Jan.

    WESTPHALIA -- The community of Westphalia and St. Boniface Parish are celebrating 150 years since its founding in 1872.    On January 29, the town will be kicking off its 150th celebration at the parish hall with doors opening at 5 p.m. and a meal to be served at 6 p.m. The event will be a free will donation and will also include a raffle and sales of 150th apparel.
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HARLAN -- Iowa Rep. Steve Holt (R-Denison) and Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig) will host a legislative briefing Saturday, Jan. 15 at 10 a.m. at the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry atrium in Harlan, sponsored by St. Croix Hospice.    The public is invited to attend to learn more about the current session.    Additional briefings will be held February 19, March 19, and April 16.

    HARLAN – Harlan Community’s tradition-rich jazz program is gearing up for an exciting contest season that kicks off this week with a first trip ever to the Triton Jazz Festival at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge on Friday, Jan.

    HARLAN – A song that Kailee Coleman wrote to teach her day care children about different families has gone viral on the social media forum TikTok, and has led to the development of a book entitled And That’s Their Family!

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Boys win 54-52;  Girls fall 68-52.  More in the Harlan Newspapers.

    COUNTY -- Welcome the 2022 New Year’s Baby Anthony Benjamin Vega Mendoza, born Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 7:20 p.m. at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan.  Anthony weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces.      He is the son of Isela Jasmin Mendoza and Jose Vega.
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    HARLAN – An updated and renovated auditorium space at the high school is one of the key needs as spelled out by administration, teachers and support staff in a findings report provided to the Harlan Community Schools Board of Education last month by CMBA Architects.    Patrick Davis with Denovo Construction Solutions, the firm tapped to provide master planning for future facilities improvements, outlined the results of the thought exchange

    HARLAN – An illness in the office at Harlan Municipal Utilities Tuesday, Jan.

    COUNTY – Legislative changes for 2022 include a provision that now allows for contiguous county titling of vehicles in Iowa.    Beginning January 27, Iowa citizens will be able to perform a title transfer and obtain initial registration in their residence county or any county that borders their county of residence, said Carolyn Blum, Shelby County Treasurer.    Car dealerships that send electronic titles also can now choose, with their cus

    HARLAN -- A relatively new online report released by the Iowa Department of Education last month shows how public schools perform in an accountability system that meets the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a federal education law that replaced the No Child Left Behind Act.    The Harlan Community Schools ranks as commendable and at, near or above the state average in many of the accountability measures detailed in the report, but also sh

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2021 remembered in photographs from the Harlan Newspapers.....much more in the NA!

    HARLAN – The Harlan City Council has approved a five-year airport capital improvement program (CIP), as required by the Federal Aviation Administration.    Harlan City Administrator Gene Gettys, Jr.