COUNTY – Shelby County has authorized the purchase of an election ballot counting machine that will provide proven security, reliability and faster calculation of absentee ballots for the 2020 general election.    The county’s board of supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday, Aug. 18 to purchase the $7,850 machine, and training for election officials was expected to begin as early as last week.

    HARLAN -- The State Library of Iowa has announced that the Harlan Community Library has met the conditions for state accreditation as outlined in “In Service to Iowa: Public Library Standards Sixth Edition.”    Achieving accreditation requires a significant, ongoing local commitment to high quality library services.

FMCTC will have available the game on their Cable Channels 48 or 448HD on their Cable System.
Below is the direct link to their streamer for Harlan. They will also be showing the volleyball quad on Saturday FYI.
https://video.fmctc.com/plugin/Live/?c=HCHS+Videos

 STATE (Aug. 13) -- The Iowa Girls Coaches Association released its 2020 All-State Softball teams on Thursday, recognizing two players from Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton and one from Harlan Community. Exira-EHK sophomore pitcher Macy Emgarten was named second team All-State in Class 1A while senior first baseman Kami Waymire was a third-team selection.

 MANNING -- Will Jorgensen, a 2020 graduate of IKM-Manning, was recently selected to the second team of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association’s 34th Academic All-State Baseball teams. Jorgensen was a senior for the 2020 IKM-Manning Wolves. The IHSBCA named 20 players to the first team and 22 players to the second team.

    HARLAN -- A private celebration of life service will be held for Tyrone “Ty” Scheffler, 81, Harlan, and Sandra “Sandy” Brown, 70, Harlan.  Scheffler died May 7, 2020 and Brown died July 31, 2020.    Scheffler is survived by sons Curt (Cindy) Scheffler of Harlan, Thomas (Janis) Scheffler of Harlan and Clint Scheffler of Irwin; brothers Henry (Judy) Scheffler of Harlan and Jack (Linda) Scheffler of Harlan; sister Crystal (Jim) Boardman of Te

    HARLAN -- Milton Barry, 87, Harlan, died August 20 at the Manilla Manor.    Services were held Monday, Aug. 24 at 11 a.m.

    HARLAN – A shortage in a reagent utilized in COVID-19 testing may cause some hiccups in testing availability in the future, officials from Myrtue Medical Center said August 4.    Barry Jacobson, Myrtue CEO, told the hospital board of trustees there could be some testing issues moving forward.    “We have been informed probably 2-3 weeks ago that there is a shortage of the reagent that’s used for COVID-19 testing,” Jacobsen told the board. 

    HARLAN -- Richard Petersen of Harlan celebrated his 89th birthday on August 19. He and his wife, Lile, reside at 1441 Oak Road, Harlan, IA 51537.    Their family includes Mark and Deb Petersen, Harlan; Tami and Dan Goetz, Cedar Falls; Brian Petersen, Harlan; Jeff and Cyndi Petersen, Harlan; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.