HARLAN – Long-time Harlan Newspapers Family Living Editor Kim Wegener has announced her resignation effective this week after 35 years of service with the newspaper and Shelby County community.    Wegener said last week that she has accepted a position as features writer with Algona Publishing in Algona.  In her resignation, Wegener said the move allows her to be closer to family in northern Iowa.    “I am very thankful for the opportunity

    HARLAN -- Sharon Kay Witt, 74, Harlan, died May 4 at her home.    Services will be held Friday, May 7 at 2 p.m. at Pauley Jones Funeral Home in Harlan with burial in the Cuppy’s Grove Cemetery in Harlan.  Visitation was Thursday, May 6 from 3-8 p.m. with family greeting friends from 4-7 p.m.

    HARLAN – Elementary students in the Harlan Community Schools last week planted their first elementary garden, coordinated by Ellen Walsh-Rosmann, Director of Wellness, Food and Nutrition Services for the Harlan Community Schools.    The garden will provide opportunities for hands-on-learning, inquiry, observation and experimentation across the curriculum, motivate students to eat and love fruits and vegetables, promote physical activity an

    COUNTY – The youth in Shelby County are among the most prioritized and protected in the nation, according to a new ranking of the nation’s counties based on a variety of criteria including poverty, hunger, mortality, teen births, school dropout data and COVID-19 vulnerability.    The first-ever ranking of how each county in America protects and provides for its children reveals the most disadvantaged counties are mostly comprised of commun

    Harlan - Tiarks School of Dance, located on downtown Harlan’s square, is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year and capped off the year with their dance program entitled, Better When I’m Dancing  at the Harlan Community High School auditorium last weekend.    The show had been scaled back a little due to the COVID-19 pandemic.    Last year, the show was held outside on the downtown square due to the pandemic.More than 200 involved    M

    SHELBY – The City of Shelby has filed a petition in Shelby County District Court seeking title to an abandoned property in the city limits of Shelby.    The property is located at 204 Plateau Street, and includes a building which is abandoned, vacant, and dilapidated according to Chapter 657A.10(3) of the Iowa Code.    Respondents in the petition include Keith Cyr, Sharon Cyr, Shelby County, and other persons in possession.    Keith Cyr an

    MANNING – The IKM-Manning and Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton School Boards and Superintendent Trevor Miller have signed off on a superintendent sharing agreement for the 2021-22 school year that will slightly change the number of hours Miller will serve each district.    Each board has approved the agreement, that will allow for a 70/30 sharing agreement as opposed to the current 80/20 agreement.    “70/30 will allow me to be at Exira-EHK one a

    HARLAN -- According to the latest economic impact study by the Iowa Hospital Association, Myrtue Medical Center generates 724 jobs that add $30.2 million to Shelby County’s economy.    The business and household needs of hospitals and their employees creates a “multiplier” effect that supports thousands of additional jobs.

    HARLAN -- Cletus Matthew Bud Weis, 95, Harlan, died April 29 at Elm Crest Retirement Community.    Services will be held Tuesday, May 4 at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Earling with burial in the St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Earling.  A wake service was held Monday, May 3 at 7 p.m. at the church.  Visitation was Monday from 4-8 p.m.