HARLAN – The Harlan Community Schools Board of Education has signed off on an early retirement incentive plan that will provide $20,000 to the first eight regular, full-time certified employees who meet the eligibility requirements and let the district know of their retirement intentions by November 27.    The board voted 6-0 to endorse the plan, which is similar to early retirement incentive plans offered in past years.

A crisp morning greeted all who attended the Harvest Fest in Harlan Saturday, Oct. 26.

    HARLAN – Grant Wood Printmaking Fellow Tyanna Buie will lead two, free monotype printmaking workshops in Harlan Saturday, Nov.

    DES MOINES -- Katie DuVal and Douglas Mihelich both of Ames were married on August 23, 2019 at Capitol Hill Lutheran Church in Des Moines. Rev. Minna Bothwell performed the 5 p.m. ceremony.    Parents of the couple are Dale and Julie DuVal, Logan; and Todd and Dana Mihelich, Forest Lake, MN.    Grandparents of the bride are DG and Peggy Rhoades, Crescent, IA; and the late Larry and Rose DuVal, who were Onawa residents.

 HARLAN (Oct. 25) -- For the Harlan Community football team, the playoff picture remains partly cloudy going into Friday’s Week 9 home game and regular season finale vs. Winterset. Following last week’s 40-0 romp at Creston, HCHS moved up three spots to No.

 COUNCIL BLUFFS (Oct. 19) -- The Harlan Community volleyball team finished 0-4 at the Lewis Central Tournament October 19 and closed the regular season with an 11-26 overall record. HCHS went 0-3 in pool play, losing to fifth-ranked (Class 5A) Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln and Glenwood by 2-0 scores and falling in three sets vs. top-ranked (1A) Sidney, 8-21, 21-17, 4-15. The Cyclones lost another three-setter vs.

 CRESTON (Oct. 17) -- Ten all-conference medalists, two individual runners-up, one team champion and nearly another.

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