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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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(The Center Square) – A major drug trafficker and money launderer for the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel was sentenced to 188 months in prison for supervising the smuggling of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin from Mexico into the U.S. through Southern California and smuggling drug proceeds back to Mexico.
(The Center Square) – Less than 24 hours after an 11-hour-hour hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, which ended with an armed gunman dead and hostages escaping, British police took two individuals into custody for questioning over their potential connection to the incident.
(The Center Square) – As more Americans move to lower-taxed Republican-led states, a new report by the Tax Foundation indicates that taxation levels play a direct and indirect role as factors contributing to migration patterns.
MONDAY, Jan. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. insurers are paying millions of dollars a year to cover the cost of ivermectin for COVID-19 patients despite a lack of proof the anti-parasitic drug is effective against the virus, a new study finds.
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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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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.
Brown County Sheriff John Merchant reported on a new scam circulating the area.
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