(Editor’s Note: Monday’s meeting will now be aired via Zoom Conference at 8:15 a.m. and anyone wishing to listen can be OUTSIDE of the north side of the courthouse. The Zoom conference code is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88133340066.)
The Board of Brown County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Chairman Dwight A. Kruse, Keith Olsen, and Richard L. Lehmkuhl. Also present was County Clerk Melissa Gormley. Dwight Kruse opened the meeting at 8:10 a.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited …
The Board of Brown County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Chairman Dwight A. Kruse, Keith Olsen, and Richard L. Lehmkuhl. Also present was Brown County Clerk Melissa Gormley. County Attorney Kevin Hill was present for a portion of the meeting. Dwight …
The Brown County Commissioners voted 2-1 Monday morning to lift all COVID-related restrictions in the county. Commissioner Richard Lehmkuhl was the nay vote.
June 8, 2020 Unofficial Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s office wanted to remind county voters of some upcoming deadlines for the Primary and General Elections 2020.
The Brown County Clerk’s Office announced the final filings for the 2020 local elections on Monday after the noon filing deadline.
May 29 Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s Office announced recent filings Friday and on Monday.
The Brown County Clerk’s Office announced a recent filings this week for Hiawatha city commission positions.
Former Brown County Sheriff Lamar Shoemaker has filed for Brown County Commission.
Brown County Commissioners heard health and COVID updates at Monday morning’s regular meeting, held through Zoom conference and aired on Facebook.
The Brown County Commissioners moved forward on Monday morning on purchasing a new recording system at the request of Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill.
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced recent filings for the fall election.
The Brown County Commission heard updates Monday morning on county-related COVID-19 coronavirus issues.
May 4, 2020
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced recent filings for the fall election.
The Brown County Commission met in a special session Friday morning and their regular session Monday morning to take steps in reopening the county in accordance with the governor’s 4-phase plan she released last Thursday night.
(Editor’s Note: The Brown County Commission is holding a special meeting at 8:30 a.m. Friday morning to discuss reopening the county. Tune in on Brown County Kansas Government on Facebook.)
April 27 Unofficial Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced recent filings for the fall election.
Members of the Hiawatha Fire Department approached the Brown County Commission Monday morning about forming a fire district within the county.
Unofficial April 13 Minutes
April 6 Unofficial Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced a change in filings for the coming fall election.
The deadline for paying the second half real estate and personal property taxes on May 10, 2020, is fast approaching.
March 31 Unofficial Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced a new filings for this fall’s election.
March 23, 2020 unofficial minutes
Effective Thursday, March 19, 2020, Brown County will be limiting public access to Brown County departments and offices to take preventative measures designed to reduce the spread of the Coronavirus illness. We are making arrangements to adjust services to be in the best interest of the empl…
March 16 Unofficial Minutes
The Brown County Courthouse will be closed to the general public until further notice. This is effective as of 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 19.
March 19 Special Meeting Unofficial Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced a new filings for this fall’s election.
March 2 Minutes
A Brown County dispatcher was recognized for her quick thinking on the event of a fatality accident at Monday morning’s Brown County Commission meeting. In addition, 20 seconds of silence was observed in memory of a fallen deputy.
Feb. 24, 2020 Unofficial Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced a new filings for this fall’s election.
Unofficial Feb. 18 Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced a new filing for this fall’s election.
Feb. 10 Unofficial Minutes
The board of Brown County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Keith Olsen, Dwight A. Kruse and Richard L. Lehmkuhl. Also present was Deputy County Clerk Dawn Boyles. Dwight Kruse opened the meeting at 8:10 a.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all.…
Unofficial Jan. 27 Minutes
The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced a new filing for this fall’s election.
Unofficial Jan. 21 MInutes
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Dec. 23 Unofficial Minutes
Monday, Dec. 16
The Brown County Fair will proceed as usual this year — with a few changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Kansas Commission on Veteran Affairs has announced that their Regional Service Officers are now back in their offices. Currently, they are not expected to resume their itinerant schedules to the counties in the near future but will be available to Veterans, their families and survivors o…
The Hiawatha City Commission met on Monday evening, and Police Chief John Defore brought several requests for the Police Department that were approved by the group.
The Hiawatha Chamber and Visitors Bureau Member of the Month is Kex Rx Pharmacy and Home Care.
The front steps of the Hiawatha Police Department has a new look.
The Hiawatha City Commission met on Monday evening, and Police Chief John Defore brought several requests for the Police Department that were approved by the group.
At Monday night’s Hiawatha City Commission meeting, the city’s policymakers discussed the near future of city facilities as the town continues to re-open from the Coronavirus pandemic shutdown.
The Hiawatha City Commission met on Monday evening with all commissioners present and Mayor Bill Collins absent.
The issue of pooling sewage at a Hiawatha residence was addressed in Hiawatha City Court last week, and the property owner was given two weeks to bring the house within code before further action is taken.
Warmer weather has brought progress on Hiawatha’s City Sales Tax street projects, as contactors AHRS begin to move beyond their initial jobs of the spring and onto other work.
(The Center Square) – As Americans gear up for the Fourth of July holiday, its neighbor to the south has closed the border to non-essential travel between Arizona and the Mexican state of Sonora.
(The Center Square) – States with fewer restrictions are doing better economically than states that put in place more stringent lockdowns to slow the spread COVID-19, according to an analysis of jobs data by 50economy.org.
The National Bureau of Economic Research recently announced that the U.S. officially entered a recession in February 2020. Unprecedented levels of unemployment and declines in economic activity triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly ended the economy’s 10-year period of expansion. With job prospects looking bleak for the near future, pursuing an advanced degree may become an attractive option for recent college graduates and those who find themselves unemployed.
In early June, Massachusetts’s ban on flavored e-cigarette products went into effect. Massachusetts is the first state to prohibit the retail sale of flavored vaping products and flavored tobacco products like menthol cigarettes. While flavored e-cig use is still allowed in a handful of state licensed “smoking bars,” products in those establishments are hit with a whopping 75 percent excise tax.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. economy added 4.8 million jobs in June, breaking a record that was set just in May. The unemployment rate dropped to 11.1 percent, the U.S. Department of Labor reported.
A 16-year-old Hiawatha teen was killed in an early morning crash Sunday and three other teenagers remain hospitalized in serious to critical conditions.
A vehicle said by authorities to have been traveling at a high rate of speed on a side road off U.S. Highway 36 crashed into a ditch on early Sunday morning, killing one of the five teenage occupants, all of whom are from Hiawatha.
Weather conditions are rapidly deteriorating this morning and the Brown County Sheriff is issuing a travel advisory.
After a full day of testimony in a preliminary hearing in Brown County District Court Wednesday, a 28-year-old Hiawatha woman has been bound over for arraignment on charges of murder in the first degree.
(Editor’s Note: Monday’s meeting will now be aired via Zoom Conference at 8:15 a.m. and anyone wishing to listen can be OUTSIDE of the north side of the courthouse. The Zoom conference code is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88133340066.)
The Board of Brown County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Chairman Dwight A. Kruse, Keith Olsen, and Richard L. Lehmkuhl. Also present was County Clerk Melissa Gormley. Dwight Kruse opened the meeting at 8:10 a.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited …
The Board of Brown County Commissioners met in regular session with the following members present: Chairman Dwight A. Kruse, Keith Olsen, and Richard L. Lehmkuhl. Also present was Brown County Clerk Melissa Gormley. County Attorney Kevin Hill was present for a portion of the meeting. Dwight …
The Brown County Commissioners voted 2-1 Monday morning to lift all COVID-related restrictions in the county. Commissioner Richard Lehmkuhl was the nay vote.
TOPEKA – On average, more than 415 traffic crashes occur over the Fourth of July weekend in Kansas each year. This is attributed to increased traffic and impaired drivers.
On 6-28-2020, Renee Francouer, 38, Topeka was arrested on Brown County and Topeka Driving While Cancelled Suspended or Revoked Warrants.
Hiawatha Municipal Court actions for the month of June 2020, Ted Collins, Judge. Fines listed (except seatbelt violations) are in addition to court costs of $100.00 on each case.
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