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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    WALNUT -- Mary Jean Krummel, 94, Walnut, died December 30 at Cass County Memorial Hospital.    Services will be held Friday, Jan. 7 at 11 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca with burial in the Graceland Cemetery at Avoca.  Visitation is Friday from 10-11 a.m.

    SHELBY -- Linda Lou Muehl, 70, Shelby, died December 21 at Bergan Mercy Medical Center.    Services were held Thursday, Jan. 6 at 11 a.m. at United Lutheran Church in Shelby.    Muehl is survived by daughter Christina (Steven) Niziol of Logan; sisters Lory Powers of Norman, OK and Jo Williams of Casper, WY; and brother Benjamin (Ann) Schwader of Westminster, CO.    Pauley Jones Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

    KIMBALLTON -- Diana Louise Juelsgaard, 78, Kimballton, died Friday, Dec.

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    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.

    COUNTY -- Having exhausted its first $5,000 limit to fund beaver trapping efforts this winter and early fall, the Shelby County Supervisors are earmarking an additional $2,500 to the project.    Shelby County pays $25 each for beaver tails as part of an ongoing effort to minimize the damage the critters cause to roadways and structures throughout the county.    The county’s board of supervisors said this month that its initial outlay of fu