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The Brown County Commission met for regular session Tuesday morning and heard from Robin Downard, County Health Officer.
January is National Blood Donor Month- Please schedule your donation and roll up your sleeves!
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TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) announces that as of Feb. 1, 2022, COVID-19 contact outreach and monitoring, otherwise known as contact tracing, operations will be discontinued at KDHE.
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A former Hiawatha woman was killed in a two-vehicle rollover crash Friday evening on South Belt Highway near Sacramento Street.
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.
Harrisburg, Pa. -- The Middletown Amtrak station may be one to several hours from Northcentral Pa., but once you're aboard, city destinations are a short ride away.
(The Center Square) – Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., released a new report Tuesday detailing the effects inflation has had on families and businesses around the country and calling it a “hidden tax” on Americans.
(The Center Square) – Newly released polling shows that America has undergone a major political shift in the past year amid economic challenges, the ongoing pandemic and a series of bills and mandates out of Washington, D.C.
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It was slated to debut on Wednesday, but the federal government quietly launched its website for Americans to order free at-home COVID tests one day early.
TUESDAY, Jan. 18, 2022 (HealthDay Now) -- Advanced forms of hormone therapy are very effective at keeping prostate cancer in check, but they also can double a man's risk of falling into depression, researchers have found.
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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 Commission met for regular session Tuesday morning and heard from Robin Downard, County Health Officer.
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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DONIPHAN COUNTY – A Highland man was arrested Thursday night after an investigation by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the Highland Police Department and the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office.
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