GRAND MOUND -- Randall V. Juhl, 67, Grand Mound, died Thursday, Sept. 23 at his home.    He is survived by his son, John, of Grand Mound; a daughter-in-law, Jessica Juuns, of Iowa City; grandchildren, Moss and Cleo Juuns; siblings, Judy Davison-Larsen of Matherville, Illinois, Dennis (Judy) Juhl of Roland, Dawn Juhl of Harlan; nieces and nephews.    A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, Oct.

    HARLAN -- Services are pending for Pamlea Ann Darrow, 67, Harlan, who died Thursday, Sept.

    HARLAN -- Congratulations to Harlan Community’s 2021 Homecoming King Kemper Gorden and Queen Claire Schmitz, who were crowned on Friday afternoon.  Gorden and Schmitz rode in Friday’s Homecoming parade along with crownbearers Dilynn Eggerss and Hayden Lyon.

    REGIONAL -- Farmers Mutual Cooperative Telephone of Harlan (FMCTC) was notified on September 14 that it would be awarded $609,539 and $50,601 from the State of Iowa as part of the Empower Rural Iowa Broadband grant initiative to complete two projects.    The larger of the two projects is to expand service to underserved customers in the rural areas around Aspinwall.

    HARLAN -- Issues plaguing most Harlan businesses are also impacting the Harlan Municipal Utilities (HMU): staffing and supply chain issues.    Staffing at the water department was discussed at length during Thursday’s Harlan Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees meeting as the difficulty in recruiting and retaining employees meant the utilities began to re-examine its work schedule there.    In the past few years, two people rotated workin

    MANNING – Two days following the defeat of a $19.95 million bond referendum, the IKM-Manning School Board voted unanimously in a special meeting Thursday, Sept. 16 to proceed with a new solution to address critical, current facilities needs.    The IKM-Manning Board approved a resolution calling for an election to impose a voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy (PPEL) tax not to exceed $1.34 per $1,000 taxable valuation.

    HAWARDEN – Patty Anderson remembers when her community decided to be forward-thinking and bring locally-owned telecommunications utility competition to Hawarden.    It was 1993, and she was a long-term government employee and the first Hawarden Telecommunications Manager who became part of the movement to develop HITEC as a telecom option for local residents in this northwest Iowa town.    “In 1993, 63 percent of the voters came out to vot

 GLENWOOD (Sept.

Congratulations to Harlan Community's 2021 Homecoming King Kemper Gorden and Queen Claire Schmitz, who were crowned on Friday afternoon.
Gorden and Schmitz rode in Friday's Homecoming parade along with crownbearers Dilynn Eggerss and Hayden Lyon. (Photo by Mike Oeffner)