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Oct. 1 marked the end of an era for a Hiawatha pharmacy as Tice Healthmart officially closed its doors and pharmacist/owner Leland Hansen retired.
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As Hiawatha is gearing up to celebrate 107 years of Halloween tradition, it’s only fitting to pay tribute to Mrs. Elizabeth Krebs — who started it all in 1914 — and look back at a few photos from the past.
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The Hiawatha Chamber and Visitors Bureau is gearing up for the 107th Annual Halloween Frolic.
A rural Hiawatha man has been sentenced on charges of supplying alcohol to several local teenagers just prior to them being involved in a fatal accident in November of 2019.
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The Hiawatha City Commission met on Monday evening, and the group returned to the list of 18 properties around the city that have been found to be in violation of the city’s Minimum Housing Code.
The Horton City Commission met for the final time in September, and the commissioners heard responses to the decision made at the previous meeting on raising camping fees at Mission Lake.
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The Hiawatha City Commission met on Monday evening, and the group discussed a couple aspects of this Friday’s Hiawatha High School Homecoming celebration.
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The Hiawatha City Commission met Monday evening, revisiting the topic of the City Streets Sales Tax project, and concerns over the quality of the work performed.
The Horton City Commisison met last month, with City Administrator John Calhoon providing news on the city’s ball field project.
(The Center Square) – The majority of Americans believe the threat of the coronavirus is getting less serious, and a plurality believe President Joe Biden and government health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci don’t want lockdowns to end, according to a new poll conducted by the Convention of States Action in partnership with The Trafalgar Group.
(The Center Square) – The National School Boards Association late Friday apologized to its members for a letter it sent to the Biden administration that compared parents protesting local school policies such as COVID-19 mask mandates and the teaching of critical race theory to acts of "domestic terrorism."
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected another attempt to halt the enforcement of Texas’s abortion ban on Friday.
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(The Center Square) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed a second joint lawsuit against the Biden administration on Thursday over the ongoing border crisis.
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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 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.
Brown County Commissioners met Monday morning in regular session and among action items approved increasing reimbursement toward Meals on Wheels.
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A 28-year-old Hiawatha man was arrested on a five-count complaint charging him with internet child pornography trading and sexual exploitation of a child.
Hiawatha Municipal Court actions for the month of September 2021, Ted Collins, Judge.
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