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Brown County commission discusses health plan incentives for employees

The Brown County commissioners discussed health plan incentives for Brown County employees during Monday’s morning meeting.Health insurance incentives discussedCommissioner Richard Lehmkuhl mentioned the idea of incentives--such as gift card awards--for employees to participate in programs related to disease control and wellness if anyone was covered under a Brown County health plan.

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A “Friend” Parable

“God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” - Romans 5:8A man had three “friends.” They were more than just acquaintances, so we’ll call them friends.The first friend the man treated quite well, every day, giving him abundant food and clothing, leaving him lacking or wanting nothing, indeed, fulfilling his every wish.

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Mayor to sign RHID

The city commission voted to have Mayor Becky Shamburg sign for a new Reinvestment Housing Incentive District (RHID) during a special meeting on Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m.City Administrator Brad Scott recommended a motion to have the mayor sign the documents for the new RHID for the Moderate Income Housing (MIH) application.

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Hiawatha Police Department Weekly Bulletin

89 Total Occurrences46 Other Investigations15 Traffic Stops11-10-24 – 73 195th – Assist Other Non Injury Accident11-10-24 – 1st Cheyenne – Animal Call11-10-24 – 1st Iowa – Escort11-10-24 – 533 S 7th – Juvenile Call11-10-24 – 113 Apache – Paper Service11-11-24 – 6th Hatfield – Motorist Assist11-11-24 – 6th Aztec – Animal Call11-11-24 – 109 Apache – Animal Call11-12-24 – 400 Kansas – Medical Assist11-12-24 – 909 S 2nd – Theft11-12-24 – 117 N 7th – Alarm11-12-24 – 811 Hiawatha – Disturbance11-13-24 – 300 Utah – Non Injury Accident11-13-24 – 114 N 12th – Animal Call11-13-24 – 1501 Iowa – Battery11-14-24 – 73 220th – Assist Other Animal Call11-14-24 – 600 Redhawk – Community Policing11-14-24 – 727 Iowa – Vandalism11-14-24 – 6th Miami – Non Injury Accident11-15-24 – 503 Oregon – Community Policing11-15-24 – 415 Cheyenne – Civil Call11-15-24 – 701 Hopi – Non Injury Accident11-15-24 – 200 Lodge – Vehicle Unlock11-16-24 – 1112 Utah – Animal Call11-16-24 – 207 Lodge – Civil Call11-16-24 – 722 Oregon – Medical Assist11-16-24 – 200 Miami – Non Injury Accident11-16-24 – 250th Kingfisher – Assist Other Agency Hunting

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