HARLAN -- Congregational United Church of Christ, Harlan, is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a special worship service Sunday, June 27 at 10:30 a.m.    Pastor Donna Ewert said she hopes parishioners past and present will stop by for the service and view the tables of memorabilia available in the fellowship hall downstairs.    “We are the little church on the hill who believes in Christ,” Ewert said.  “We welcome all, love God and ot

    HARLAN – A proposal to change some traffic patterns designed to make the trip leading up to the downtown Harlan square safer and easier was rejected by the Harlan City Council upon second reading of an ordinance that would have implemented the changes.    A 3-1 vote (quorum of full council needed to pass, or 4 votes) wasn’t enough to keep the ordinance change moving ahead to a third and final reading.    The decision came after much public

    HARLAN – As part of the City of Harlan’s comprehensive plan update, residents are being asked to consider taking a community survey, offering their thoughts and opinions on everything from housing, health care and city services to the importance of commercial and manufacturing growth, encouraging families to move to Harlan and arts/culture development, to name a few.    The City of Harlan is partnering with Southwest Iowa Planning Council

    REGIONAL -- Harlan water customers currently are under water restrictions due to continued drought conditions and limited pumping capacity while the utility works to rehab current wells and plan for additional well capacity in the future.    Shelby County customers who receive their water through the Regional Water Rural Water system also have been notified of water restrictions while dry water table conditions persist.    Harlan is under

    PANAMA -- Monica Kathryn Wilke, 83, Panama, died June 18 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital.    Services will be held Wednesday, June 23 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s of the Assumption Church in Panama with burial in the St. Mary’s Cemetery at Panama.      A rosary will be held Tuesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Parish Center in Panama.  Visitation is Tuesday from 5-8 p.m.

   WESTPHALIA -- Harold Gustav Schulte, 89, Westphalia, died June 17 at his home.    Services will be held Tuesday, June 22 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia with burial in the St. Boniface Cemetery at Westphalia.  A rosary was held Monday, June 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the church.  Visitation was Monday from 3-8 p.m.

 HARLAN (June 8) -- In seven out of nine innings Tuesday night, Atlantic mustered little to nothing against Harlan Community softball pitcher Emily Brouse. In the sixth and the ninth, however, the Trojans showed a big part of the reason why they’re ranked eighth in Class 3A. Aided by two Cyclone errors, Atlantic started getting better swings off Brouse in the top of the sixth and plated five runs on four hits to surge ahead 5-4. Following Jord

 HARLAN (June 8) -- Scoring two runs each in the first two innings, the Harlan Community baseball team built an early 4-1 lead and was able to hold off Atlantic 4-3 for a nice Hawkeye Ten victory Tuesday at Jim Goeser Field. HCHS evened its conference record at 3-3 and improved to 4-5 overall going into Thursday’s game at Council Bluffs St.

 HARLAN (June 7) -- The game of baseball is just so much simpler when you’re throwing strikes. Harlan Community and Sioux City North were on both sides of that coin Monday night in a doubleheader split at Jim Goeser Field. The Stars took advantage of 14 walks in a game one featuring five lead changes, scoring the final nine runs to win 16-9. The Cyclones won game two 16-1 in just four innings, utilizing seven free passes (five walks, two hit-b