WEST DES MOINES -- Harlan Community High School Senior Addie Kaster was recognized by Iowa Gov.

    COUNTY – Shelby County employees, those covered under a union agreement and those who are not, will see a 2.25 percent salary increase next year under a proposal approved by the county’s board of supervisors.    In addition, the employees have the possibility of receiving an additional one percent salary increase upon receiving a satisfactory performance evaluation at the six-month date of the fiscal year.

    DES MOINES -- Shelby Stotts and Reid Hundt both of Des Moines will marry on June 4 at Staves Memorial Methodist Church in Des Moines.    Parents of the couple are Steve and Tammy Stotts, Altoona; and Jeff and Karla Hundt, Harlan. 

REGIONAL – A novelist with Shelby County ties has authored the book “Shelby’s Creek,” now available for purchase at various locations, and local residents may notice some familiarity to the farming landscape of rural western Iowa in the novel’s feature.    Mark Schechinger, writing under the pen name Mark Matthiassen, has penned the book following extensive travel and writing experiences throughout the world.    “Shelby’s Creek” chronicles the

    HARLAN – Harlan officials will engage the services of the Iowa State Auditor’s Office in a special review and audit of the city’s financials for a yet-to-be-determined period of time.    The city’s personnel and finance committee (Mike Kolbe, Dave Miller and Sharon Kroger) voted unanimously Wednesday, May 11 to have a representative from the state travel to Harlan for an initial meeting that will take place Wednesday, May 18.

 HARLAN -- Toshia Kasperbauer of Harlan Community Middle School has been named a finalist for the 2016 Warren E. Shull Middle School Student Council Adviser of the Year Award sponsored by the National Association of Student Councils (NASC) and the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP).

    AMES -- Forty-five Harlan FFA members traveled to Ames to the Iowa State University Campus April 17-19 to compete and participate in various state FFA activities. On Monday, April 18, some members participated in Leadership Career Development events in a very competitive field of participants from chapters around the state.

    HARLAN -- For the second year in a row, Myrtue Medical Center has been named one of the 20 highest-ranked Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in the country by National Rural Health Association, as scored by iVantage Health Analytics.    “Being recognized as one of the Top 20 Hospitals in the nation is a great reflection on the quality care our staff provides.

 HARLAN -- The Harlan Community boys tennis team finished the regular season by earning its fifth straight dual win here Thursday, outlasting Red Oak, 5-4, to improve to 8-4 overall and 6-3 against the Hawkeye Ten. After splitting six singles matches vs. the Tigers, the Cyclones prevailed behind decisive doubles wins by the No. 1 team of Isaac Stitz and Alec Plagman (10-1) and the No. 3 team of Josh Cheek and Kaleb Kaster (10-4).