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Many local events have been canceled due to the coronavirus restrictions. However, if anyone has an event that is still going on, please email us at joeymay@npgco.com.
Commodities for North Brown County residents will be distributed from 9-11 a.m. on Wednesday, April 29, at Eternal Hope Family Life Center, 424 Oregon St in Hiawatha.
As part of ongoing efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, Tuesday Governor Laura Kelly rescinded Executive Order #20-14 and replaced it with Executive Order #20-18, which primarily brings our religious institutions and religious and non-religious funerals in line with the previous order…
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HIAWATHA, Kan. Helen Ruth Hawks, 91, of rural Hiawatha, died s…
POWHATTAN, Kan. Gladys Almetta (Sylvester) Jahnke, 95, of rura…
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Clovis James Ranck, 69 of Grand Prairie, …
Due to continuing developments concerning COVID-19 (coronavirus), the American Legion Boys State of Kansas Leadership Academy has canceled its 2020 session, which was scheduled for May 31 through June 5 at Kansas State University in Manhattan. The decision to cancel this year’s session, whic…
“Awaken Horton: He is Risen” is the upcoming sequel to Horton’s 48-hour weekend of prayer and fasting held last November right before Thanksgiving. Sisters-in-law Libbey Linck and Whitney Linck, excited by the success of the previous prayer weekend, are calling the Horton community to unite …
The Brown County Association of Retired School Personnel met Monday, March 9 at the Carwell Building in Hiawatha. President Betty Robison led all in the Pledge of Allegiance, and the blessing for the meal was given by Dixie Westervelt. A delicious lunch of chili and cinnamon rolls was enjoye…
Several local publications have released their All-State Basketball lists this week, and though the season seems like an age ago, four Red Hawks, two from each the boys and girls teams, earned recognition for their efforts this season.
A pair of senior teammates from the Horton Lady Chargers basketball team have been honored with All-State recognition for their play this season. Both Kailea Smith and Maryanna Randall were mentioned among the State’s best in Class 2A by both the Topeka Capital-Journal and Sports in Kansas.
We talked last week about the void that sports has left behind, and as stay-at-home orders in the state have started to settle in and we are seeing the bigger picture of what our daily lives are going to look like for the next month or two, I think it’s time to start figuring out some coping…
The Hiawatha USD 415 met in a special “virtual” meeting Thursday morning to move forward on education for the current school year.
The Hiawatha School Board met in a special noon meeting on Tuesday to take action on resolutions needed for the district to proceed with the remainder of the academic year.
With the cases of the coronavirus increasing in the United States and the State of Kansas we are now on the stay at home rule with only going out for necessities. As of Sunday at 5 p.m. the total cases in the US has risen to 328,914 with 9,345 deaths. The State of Kansas is reporting 751 tot…
When I was in high school, I was introduced to John Steinbeck’s work. As a high schooler, I devoured “The Grapes of Wrath” while on a road trip across west Texas and made an extreme effort to go see a production of “Of Mice and Men.”
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