HARLAN – Harlan Community High School students will have the opportunity beginning this year to have a special Seal of Biliteracy on their diplomas should they test proficient and meet the qualifications in both English and another language.    It’s the first year the recognition is available for students, and HCHS is one of 98 school districts in the state to offer the Seal of Biliteracy.  The recognition was discussed at the Monday, Dec.

    HARLAN -- He’s back, but this time, Leo Goeser is the one in the barber chair.    Just four weeks after a medical event that nearly took his life, Goeser is back where he’s spent the majority of his years partaking in story-telling and jokes, all while servicing generation after generation of clientele and friends.      Fellow barber and longtime friend, Al Woodraska, chauffeured Goeser to Leo’s Barber Shop for a pre-holiday trim.

    COUNTY – The Shelby County Jail has been named one of the Best of the Best in Iowa by the Iowa Department of Corrections (IDOC).    Officials from Shelby County were invited to attend the annual Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies’ Association (ISSDA) annual banquet December 1, where the Department of Corrections recognized six counties as having an outstanding jail and meeting and exceeding jail standards in Iowa.    The determination for th

    HARLAN -- A Harlan man has been charged in Shelby County District Court with second-degree sexual abuse, a class B felony.    Galen M.

    HARLAN -- The City of Harlan, with the help of Southwest Iowa Planning Council, is preparing to apply to the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) for a Community Development Block Grant for housing rehabilitation, and is asking for help from residents.    Applications must meet certain criteria including need, impact and feasibility of the project within the city.  To determine these things, SWIPCO will be doing a telephone income su

    HARLAN -- Ellie McCormick and Matthew Heflin of Anchorage, AK were married on September 1, 2018 during a ceremony at the groom’s parents, Robert and Amy Heflin’s rural Harlan home. David Havick, great-uncle of groom, was the officiant at the 4:30 p.m. outdoor ceremony.

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 ANITA (Dec. 11) -- For all of its struggles at the free throw line Tuesday night, the CAM girls basketball team hit enough perimeter shots down the stretch to hold off Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton 64-53 in a big early-season Rolling Valley Conference matchup. Five CAM players combined to make 7-of-19 three-pointers in the game, including treys by juniors Sammi Jahde and Allison Spieker early in the fourth quarter.