COUNTY – Local residents considering a run for public office in Shelby County are being made aware this month of the deadlines for the 2020 election, courtesy of Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell.    County offices up for election in 2020 include the auditor (Maxwell), sheriff Neil Gross and supervisors Steve Kenkel and Charlie Parkhurst.  All have filed for re-election, and to date are unopposed.

    •    Myrtue Medical Center is thoroughly monitoring the development of COVID-19 (2019 novel Coronavirus) and taking all appropriate and necessary precautions for the safety and well-being of the community.    •    Officials are working closely with the Iowa Department of Public Health and the CDC, as well as local public and private partners to respond to and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.    •    For the past several weeks, Myrtue and P

    REGIONAL -- Myrtue Medical Center’s Public Health continues to work with the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), state and local partners to monitor and respond to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

After 34 years of successful Home Shows held each spring in Harlan’s Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, the Harlan Newspapers is offering a different kind of event this year.

    OMAHA, NE -- Former Shelby County resident Jay Hanson is starring in the Omaha Community Playhouse’s production of Once, running now through March 22 in Omaha.    Once opened February 22 at the Hawks Mainstate Theatre, with performances being held Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through March.
 

    HARLAN -- Iowa Gov.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Jazz Experience has qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships by placing first at the district jazz festival last month, and will perform Tuesday, April 7 on the campus of Iowa State University with hopes of securing a state title.    Performance time for Harlan Community will be 12:45 p.m.
 

    HARLAN -- On Saturday, Feb. 29 the Harlan Community Schools Individual Speech Team, under the direction of Lisa Hagemeier, traveled to Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs for the Iowa High School District Speech Competition.      Those performers who earned a division I rating will perform again at IHSSA State Speech competition on March 14, at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs.

    HARLAN -- The City of Harlan is proposing a $1.1 million bond issue to pay for a new fire truck, street work, and self-containing breathing apparatuses for the fire department.    On Tuesday, March 3, the council voted unanimously to set March 17 as the date for a public hearing on the authorization of a loan agreement and issue of not to exceed $1.1 million in general obligation capital loan notes.

    STATE -- Testing at Iowa’s State Hygienic Laboratory has indicated three presumptive positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iowa residents.    According to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), the individuals are from Johnson County: one middle-age (41-60 years) adult and two older adults (61-80). Two of the individuals had underlying health conditions. One did not.

    HARLAN – Breaking Cylence and Cytones, Harlan Community’s high school and middle school show choirs, have kicked off the contest season with exciting repertoire under the themes Dancing Through the Decades and Straight Vibin’ in the Light.    Landon Stalzer is director of the high school group and co-directs the middle school Cytones with Mindy Shafer.  In his first year at Harlan Community, it’s also his first competitive show choir exper

    COUNTY – An independent audit, tax and consulting firm retained by Shelby County through its legal counsel, Ahlers and Cooney P.C., to deeper investigate the findings of a state audit regarding the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency, has confirmed alleged, improper vacation payments to three former Shelby County employees as reported in the special investigation by the state auditor.    The independent investigation confirms employe

    LOGAN -- To say that this has been a big year for the Logan-Magnolia band program is an understatement.    Not only has the jazz band qualified for the second year in a row for the Iowa Jazz Championships, but the concert band has been selected to perform at the Iowa Bandmasters Association Conference in May.    Director Alex Albertson, in only his sixth year at the helm of the band program, sees good things happening for the music student

    HARLAN – Harlan Community Schools will host a stakeholder engagement meeting Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. at the HCHS gymnasium in an effort to hear from district residents what they identify as future needs and goals for the school district.    All district patrons are invited to attend.  An optional middle and high school facility tour will be held beginning at 6 p.m.

    HARLAN -- A standing room only crowd turned out for the annual Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry Awards Banquet Friday evening, Feb.