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The Brown County Clerk has announced positions open for the 2021 election and dates to be mindful of.
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Hiawatha Middle School Design and Modeling instructor Darrin Arment, along with a pair of students, presented a trio of Little Libraries designed and constructed by the class. The project has been an ongoing effort that started pre-Covid in 2019.
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A Falls City, Neb., man was killed Wednesday morning in a two-vehicle accident in Brown County.
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The Big Kansas Road Trip kicked off on Thursday this week and businesses, organizations and other groups in the three-county area of Northeast Kansas have been busy getting ready.
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Hiawatha Middle School Design and Modeling instructor Darrin Arment, along with a pair of students, presented a trio of Little Libraries designed and constructed by the class. The project has been an ongoing effort that started pre-Covid in 2019.
The Horton City Commission met earlier this month, and the group heard from City Administrator John Calhoon that masks will continue to be strongly recommended at City Hall, but that it will no longer be a requirement. Calhoon said as the vaccine is now readily available he feels that it is …
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As warmer weather approaches the Hiawatha Parks and Recreation Department is releasing information for some summer activities, notably the Hiawatha Aquatic Park.
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After a request from Hiawatha Parks and Recreation Director Stacy Jasper to move the Fisher Center to a full-time “mask highly recommended” space for visitors and staff, the Hiawatha City Commission came to the decision Monday night to move all public city buildings to the same designation.
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After a Special Meeting just days ago where the Hiawatha City Commission voted to remove the requirement of wearing masks at private events at the Fisher Center — but after the date of Hiawatha High’s Prom — the commission held another Special Meeting on Friday at 5 p.m., voting unanimously …
As a helicopter carrying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo hovered above a parade of illegal immigrants streaming across the southern U.S. border, the two observers shouted into their headsets to be heard over the roar of the rotors.
(The Center Square) – A federal grand jury has indicted four ex-Minneapolis police officers on federal civil rights charges related to the death of George Floyd.
(The Center Square) – Official numbers from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics show unemployment rose in the month of April as hiring fell far short of estimates.
A fight between two children on a playground ended two days later with four people transported to a local hospital and three arrested.
‘Black women are subjected to harsh and racist treatment during pregnancy and childbirth. … Black women die because the system denies our humanity.'
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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.
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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.
Hiawatha Municipal Court actions for the month of April 2021, Ted Collins, Judge.
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