Two individuals were arrested on drug charges on the Kickapoo Nation Reservation, according to a press release by the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas. Officers from the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Police Department, Horton Police Department and Prairie Band Potawatomie Police Department executed a search warrant at approximately 9:31 p.m.
As I sit and ponder and wonder about things from yesterday, I start to think about what they were thinking as our heroes walk to war. I know at 18 how I felt but some were even younger than I.
Members of the Robinson Lions Club welcomed new member, Pastor Rick Forthman, into the club at a Zone meeting held in the Community Center in Robinson on Tuesday, August 27, 2024. Visiting District Governor, Margy Sundstrom and her husband, Mike, were present for the meeting which was attended by some members of other Clubs in District 17A. Other Clubs represented were Everest, Horton, Lancaster, and Hiawatha.
A mural depicting Hiawatha’s first female newspaper carrier is being planned and will be painted on the side of the Hiawatha World. Richard Tesoriero, who is planning the mural project, said the mural would be a tribute to Mildred Fannie Parks Koehler, who was Hiawatha’s first female newspaper carrier.
“For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.” - James 1:11 Happy Labor Day Weekend! As we enter full force into the numerous activities of Autumn, the return to school, the football games and other activities, the Maple Leaf festival and preparations for Halloween, the impending harvest, we take a day to celebrate labor with a day of rest. We follow the example of our Creator who rested after speaking our cosmos into being, pronounced it very good, and took rest. We also follow the command to honor the Sabbath…to take rest. Sabbath is not just for Sundays, not just for worship, not just a holding pattern to prepare for the rest of our lives, but a way to live into the grace God provides for us all.
The Brown County commissioners discussed a press release by Kansas Senator Jerry Moran about opposing the National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) line and also discussing the Brown County map. Commissioner Richard Lehmkuhl was present during the meeting via Zoom video call.
In most of the nation, all you need to do is to step outside to feel one of Kansas’ deadliest hazards: extreme heat. So far in 2024, the dangers of heat illness have killed 34 workers both indoors and out.
A 52-year old man was arrested over the weekend in connection with sex crimes, according to officials and according to a report by WIBW. WIBW also reports that Rosalio De Lorenzana-Solare, 52, of Hiawatha was being held on a $500,000 bond on Wednesday in the Nemaha County Jail in Seneca after he was arrested.
On Friday, August 23, the City of Hiawatha released details of a Community Development Block Grant Program on its Facebook page. “The City of Hiawatha is pleased to announce its intent to submit an application to the Kansas Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant Program,” according to a public notice by the City of Hiawatha.
Hiawatha Municipal Court actions for the month of August 2024, Ted Collins, Judge. Fines listed (except seatbelt violations) are in addition to court costs of $100.00 on each case.