MANHATTAN — A proposed Flood Insurance Rate Map update for Brown County was released for public review in June 2020. Before the new map is finalized, property owners and lessees will have one more opportunity to provide engineering data through their community during the official 90-day appe…
TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) has issued several public health advisories for Kansas lakes due to blue-green algae.
When the dog days of summer deliver hot temperatures and high humidity, the American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas urges residents to take precautions against the heat.
I would like to notify the public that hotter temperatures are coming our way, PLEASE make sure to check and double check your vehicle every time!
The City of Hiawatha is planning on starting Chip and Seal on the streets the week of August 2, weather permitting.
The City of Hiawatha is planning on starting Chip and Seal on the streets the week of August 2, weather permitting.
The Horton City Commission met earlier this month and returned to a discussion of non-monetary fringe benefits the city could offer employees.
Just weeks after another Hiawatha citizen addressed the Hiawatha City Commission about problems with the recent sales tax street project, Richard Tesoriero was present on Monday night to have his concerns heard as well.
After denying a request to provide rip rap along the shore of Mission Lake at private residences, the Horton City Commission heard from one of the homeowners directly, but again turned away the request.
The Hiawatha City Commission met on Monday night, and heard from City Code Enforcer Dave Wilson about the conditions at 211 North 5th Street.
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill is receiving fresh opposition from Republicans concerned that rising inflation, and the government spending that contributes to it, means the U.S. should take a step back from the plan.
(The Center Square) – Tucked inside a July 9 executive order issued by President Joe Biden on competition is a hospital price transparency requirement first implemented by the Trump administration. Hospitals fought the Trump order twice in court and lost. Since then, the majority of hospitals nationwide have not complied with federal transparency guidelines and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ CMS announced it would up the penalty for noncompliance to $2 million.
(The Center Square) – Airports throughout the West are experiencing a shortage of jet fuel complicated by supply chain issues and a need for firefighting aircraft to battle raging wildfires in several states.
(The Center Square) – Eighty-eight wildfires are burning in 11 Western states as of Monday in a fire season unlike any other in recent history. So far, the fires have destroyed 1,456,925 acres.
(The Center Square) – A University of Michigan Law school graduate is set to submit an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing abortion is a states’ rights issue.
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.
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.
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.
Hiawatha Municipal Court actions for the month of July 2021, Ted Collins, Judge.
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office reported on several recent arrests, including those resulting from a search warrant in Fairview on July 18.
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