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The Brown County Commission met Monday morning for its regular meeting and among items of business met for a special session to canvass election votes.
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The Brown County Commission met for regular session Tuesday morning and heard concerns from a Morrill resident.
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The Brown County Commission met Monday morning for regular session and among items of discussion were the temperature check station, Sen. Bob Dole and jack-braking south of town.
The Brown County Commission met Monday morning and among action items voted to allow the Jingle Bell Christmas Store to use the Senior Center.
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The Brown County Commission heard an update on county COVID numbers at Monday morning’s meeting.
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The Brown County Commission met Monday morning for its regular meeting and among items of business met for a special session to canvass election votes.
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The Brown County Commission held further discussions Monday morning about the need for a security guard at the main entrance.
A motion to get rid of the temperature check and allow persons to bear arms within the courthouse died due to a lack of a second at the Sept. 30 Brown County Commission meeting.
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Brown County Commissioners met Monday morning in regular session and among action items approved increasing reimbursement toward Meals on Wheels.
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The Brown County Commission met for regular session Monday morning and approved the American Rescue Plan Act.
The Brown County Commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to move forward with the 2022 proposed budget.
The Brown County Commission will have a Budget Hearing at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
The Brown County Commissioners met for regular session Monday morning and moved forward in purchasing two lots on Kickapoo Street.
Brown County Commissioners discussed budget concerns and fielded questions from a concerned resident at Monday morning’s regular meeting.
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Brown County and Hiawatha City officials met Monday morning to discuss dispatch services — which have been combined under the county’s jurisdiction for the past several years.
The Brown County Commissioners met for regular session Monday and among discussion items was review of budget requests.
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The Brown County Commission heard an update from the county health officers at Monday’s meeting.
The Brown County Commission voted to move forward on wage scales and raises for county employees at Monday’s meeting.
The Brown County Commission met twice within the past week for end-of-month bill paying on the 30th and a regular session on Monday of this week.
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Brown County will receive nearly $2 million in COVID-19 relief funds through the American Rescue Plan Act.
The Brown County Commissioners met Monday morning and moved forward with a backhoe purchase.
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The Brown County Commissioners met three times in the past week to take care of business.
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The Brown County Commissioners held a special meeting at noon Tuesday to review bids to repair a bridge.
The Brown County Commission met in regular session Monday and among items of discussion was concern over disrepair to a county bridge.
The Brown County Commissioners met Monday and discussed stop signs throughout the county that have been stolen.
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The Brown County Clerk’s office has announced recent filings for the 2021 election.
The Brown County Commissioners heard from RJ Hamilton of Hamilton Recycling at Monday’s regular meeting.
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The Brown County Clerk has announced positions open for the 2021 election and dates to be mindful of.
The Brown County Commission met in regular session Monday and moved forward on purchasing a new mower for the courthouse grounds as well as discussed setting bid specs for elevator repair.
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The Brown County Commissioners met with contractors from Minnesota Elevator to discuss proposed improvements to the 41-year-old elevator in the courthouse.
The Brown County Commission heard from RJ Hamilton of Hamilton Recycling, who requested on Monday morning for the commission to consider going in with neighboring counties for a recycling center.
The Brown County Commissioners heard another update Monday morning and clarification about the Meals on Wheels program currently being co-sponsored by the Hiawatha Community Hospital and Northeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging.
The Brown County Commissioners discussed concern over costs of Meals on Wheels at the past two meetings.
After many years of effort, dispatchers in the state of Kansas are finally recognized and classified as “emergency responders.”
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Brown County Sheriff’s office was awarded the 2020 AAA Community Platinum Traffic Safety Award.
The Brown County Commission met on Monday morning, and the group heard from members of the Brown County Liberty Alliance sharing their opinions on recent discussions of wind energy.
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The Brown County Jail is getting new HVAC units this week.
The Brown County Commission discussed potential improvements to the American Legion building in Hiawatha at Monday morning’s regular meeting.
The Brown County Commission met Monday morning and among items discussed was potentially hiring a negotiator to work with any wind farms that may approach Brown County.
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The Brown County Commissioners met Monday morning and heard a local health update and news about the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Brown County Commission met in regular session Monday morning and voted to hire a new Road and Bridge secretary.
The Brown County Commissioners met Monday morning in regular session and held several closed door sessions to interview candidate for the position of Road and Bridge secretary.
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On Jan. 13, at approximately 9:15 p.m., deputies responded to a 911 call of a single vehicle rollover injury accident in the vicinity of Raccoon near 110th road in Brown County.
The Brown County Commission met Monday morning for regular session and reorganized several aspects of the county government, as is typical for the beginning of the year.
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The Hiawatha School Board met for its first regular meeting of the new year Monday night, when they heard COVID updates from the school nurses and also voted to change meeting times for the remainder of the fiscal year.
A St. Joseph, Mo., man was killed Tuesday morning in a semi-car accident on U.S. 36 Highway, that closed a portion of the highway for some time west of K-238 at Elwood.
The Horton City Commission met for the final time in 2021, which was the final meeting for longtime Commissioners Wade Edwards and Ken Krug. Former Commissioner Bobby Bacon was present to thank each man for teaching him throughout the years, while Mayor Bryan Stirton and Commissioner Rex Wes…
The Horton City Commission held a special meeting earlier this month to address problems residents have been having with the city’s waste service provider Waste Management.
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The ongoing saga of the Hiawatha Fire Department Chief has taken its next step, as the Hiawatha City Commission voted — at the recommendation of department members — to install Patrick Sheldon as the new Fire Chief.
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In a move that surprised many in attendance, including certain commission members, the Hiawatha City Commission voted to terminate Chief of Police John Defore.
The USD 430 School Board met for their final regular meeting of 2021 last Wednesday, and the board approved several new hires for the 2022-2023 school year.
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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.
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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.
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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.
The Brown County Commission met Monday morning for regular session and reorganized several aspects of the county government, as is typical for the beginning of the year.
The Brown County Commission met for regular session Tuesday morning and heard concerns from a Morrill resident.
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Brown County Sheriff John Merchant reported on a new scam circulating the area.
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