Hiawatha, KS — July 25, 2025 — The NEK Multi-County Health Departments is pleased to announce the appointment of Deanna Lamb as its new Executive Director, effective August 1. Lamb brings a wealth of experience in healthcare leadership, community engagement, and strategic planning, and will lead the department in its mission to promote and protect the health of residents across Atchison, Brown and Jackson counties.
A strong agricultural sector is vital to a healthy economy. Turbulence has affected local and national economies in recent years, and the global economy has endured its own ups and downs during that span.
I have had several complaints from citizens about an alarming scam involving potential harm to family members circulating our area.
The Everest Volunteer/Washington Township Fire Department posted on its social media page on Tuesday, July 22 that it had purchased a new fire truck.
Amberwell Hiawatha hosted a community town hall meeting on Tuesday, July 22 at The Alley that featured lunch and some community output about concerns and suggestions about health care in Brown County for this year’s Brown County Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA)
A Hiawatha man who was arrested in February 2023 and sentenced in in December 2024 has been transferred from the Brown County Jail to the Jackson County Jail.
“…we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.” - Colossians 1:9-12
The commissioners held a discussion and confirmed to hold a revenue neutral rate hearing in the Brown County District Courtroom on Monday, Aug. 25.
Auditions for a murder mystery play will take place this August.