After 34 years of successful Home Shows held each spring in Harlan’s Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, the Harlan Newspapers is offering a different kind of event this year.

    WEST DES MOINES -- Nicole E. Braatz and James E. Muell both of Windsor Heights exchanged marriage vows on September 21, 2019 at St. Joseph Chapel at Dowling Catholic High School in West Des Moines. Father Mike McLaughlin performed the 3 p.m. double ring ceremony.    Parents of the bride are Bonnie Braatz, West Des Moines; and Jerry and Sandra Braatz, Adel. Parents of the groom are Dan and Deb Muell, Portsmouth.
 

    OMAHA, NE -- Former Shelby County resident Jay Hanson is starring in the Omaha Community Playhouse’s production of Once, running now through March 22 in Omaha.    Once opened February 22 at the Hawks Mainstate Theatre, with performances being held Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through March.
 

    HARLAN -- Iowa Gov.

    HARLAN – The Harlan Jazz Experience has qualified for the Iowa Jazz Championships by placing first at the district jazz festival last month, and will perform Tuesday, April 7 on the campus of Iowa State University with hopes of securing a state title.    Performance time for Harlan Community will be 12:45 p.m.
 

    HARLAN -- On Saturday, Feb. 29 the Harlan Community Schools Individual Speech Team, under the direction of Lisa Hagemeier, traveled to Thomas Jefferson High School in Council Bluffs for the Iowa High School District Speech Competition.      Those performers who earned a division I rating will perform again at IHSSA State Speech competition on March 14, at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs.

    HARLAN -- The City of Harlan is proposing a $1.1 million bond issue to pay for a new fire truck, street work, and self-containing breathing apparatuses for the fire department.    On Tuesday, March 3, the council voted unanimously to set March 17 as the date for a public hearing on the authorization of a loan agreement and issue of not to exceed $1.1 million in general obligation capital loan notes.

    STATE -- Testing at Iowa’s State Hygienic Laboratory has indicated three presumptive positive cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iowa residents.    According to the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), the individuals are from Johnson County: one middle-age (41-60 years) adult and two older adults (61-80). Two of the individuals had underlying health conditions. One did not.

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