COUNTY -- Non-profit agencies within Shelby County will have until the end of August to complete applications for funding from Shelby County Community Chest (SCCC). Funds from SCCC are made possible by the generosity of local donors to the SCCC annual fund drive which will be taking place this fall.    Shelby County Community Chest accumulates and then disburses the funds from this campaign to local non-profits for a single year.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools, as part of the Green Hills Area Education Association territory, has been awarded up to $8,000 in federal grant funding through the Department of Justice over a three-year period for threat assessment training.    The monies will be instrumental in helping the HCS district, in partnership with the AEA and law enforcement, in its crisis team planning and efforts to provide needed assistance to students

    HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools is piloting a new program this fall that will pair students with business leaders and community members in a project called HCHS Career Café.    Jenni Svendsen, HCHS Counselor, said the counseling department is excited to offer the new opportunity for students to learn about different career opportunities.  A series of small roundtable discussions will allow for students to sign up and meet with commun

    HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools will be offering full-time, 100 percent on-campus (face-to-face) learning opportunities for students during the 2021-22 school year, with regular school schedules Monday through Friday.    HCS Administration notified parents/guardians, students, and staff last week that the school year will look much like what it did before the COVID-19 pandemic last year saw accommodations and restrictions such as mas

    DES MOINES -- Congratulations to these Harlan Community High School band students who participated in the Southwest Iowa Honor Marching Band performance at the Iowa State Fair Parade in Des Moines on August 11, L to R -- Ian Kearney - tenor drums,  Garrett Hillwick - trumpet, Emma Herzberg - bari sax, and Angie Ordonez - tenor sax.

    HARLAN -- New staff has joined the Harlan Community Schools and Shelby County Catholic School for the 2021-22 school year.

    HARLAN -- Richard L. Burgod, 68, Harlan, died August 18 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.    Services will be held Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 11 a.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Ipswich, SD.  Visitation was held Monday, Aug. 23 from 5-8 p.m.

    PANAMA -- Phyllis “Tiny” Smith, 89, Panama, died August 19 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services were held Monday, Aug. 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Our Lady of Fatima Church in Portsmouth with burial in the St.

    HARLAN -- Sherry Ann Queen, 60, Harlan, died August 19 at Myrtue Medical Center.    Services are pending at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan.    Queen is survived by her husband, Larry Queen, of Des Moines; sons Zach Sims of Harlan, Josh Sims of Lincoln, NE, and Joel Sims ofDes Moines; daughters Amber Sims of Des Moines, Miranda Sims of Omaha, NE, Alexandria Sims of Des Moines, and Grace Conrad of Chicago, IL; sisters Robin Knee Conrad