REGIONAL -- Nurses at Myrtue Medical Center are being honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to express gratitude to nurses that perform extraordinary care and compassion every day.    Myrtue Medical Center implemented The DAISY Award nomination and the honoree is recognized in a special ceremony held twice per year.

    COUNTY – A Shelby County judge has dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit by a Kansas man against the county, a judge, attorneys and his ex-wife alleging violation of his constitutional rights.    David Zachary Ostrom, 40, Paola, KS, filed the petition March 6.  Jeffery L.

    HARLAN -- During the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry June 16 board meeting, the board reviewed and approved the results of the fiscal year 2021 board election and budget presented by staff.

 PANAMA (June 12) -- It was a perfect night for some 13U baseball action in Panama Friday night as the Peak Performance Prospects took on the Underwood Venom. The Peak Performance squad features five future Harlan Community players in Bryce Van Baale, Brett Heese, Jozef Reisz, Landen Kaufman and Weston Reisz. Underwood won Friday’s contest after losing to the Prospects earlier in the week.

 HARLAN (June 15) -- As Iowa high school baseball and softball teams begin playing games this week, so too are the youth squads of the Harlan Little League program at JJ Jensen Park. Although boys and girls T-Ball has been cancelled for 2020, the remaining four divisions of Harlan Little League will hold an abbreviated season. For baseball, that includes Minors, 10U, 12U and 13U.

 HARLAN -- Several members of the Harlan Community High School softball team volunteered their time to help coach a group of little league softball girls on Friday night (June 12) at JJ Jensen Park. Following their own practice, the Cyclone varsity players instructed the Harlan C team (grades 3-4) on the fundamentals of throwing and pitching.

    MANNING -- David and Kim Burmeister of Harlan announce the engagement of their son, Marcus to Emilee Cichacki both of Harlan. Emilee is the daughter of Loriann Cichacki and Mark Cichacki both of Franklin, WI.    The couple will marry on July 11 at the Hausbarn Heritage Park in Manning.
 

    REGIONAL -- Eighteen area music students, including six from Harlan Community High School, have been selected to participate in the Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band, and will perform in the Holiday Bowl Parade in San Diego later this year.    Jack Klitgaard, Mitchell Rueschenberg, Ian Kearney, Emma Herzberg, Angie Ordonez and Ian Shelton from HCHS were selected following successful auditions in the spring.  Rueschenberg, Klitgaard and Ke

    COUNTY -- Shelby County saw a 26.67 percent voter turnout for the June 2 primary election, a high number according to county auditor and election commissioner Mark Maxwell.    The county saw a total of 2,397 ballots cast, which includes in-person voting and absentee ballots.  The total number of registered voters is 8,969.