
Motorcycle crash in Brown County
A Sabetha man was injured in a motorcycle accident in Brown County on Sunday, March 23.

A Sabetha man was injured in a motorcycle accident in Brown County on Sunday, March 23.

Florence Robinson Combs is celebrating her 100th birthday! Friends are invited to attend a reception in her honor on Saturday, April 26th from 1:00pm-3:00pm at St. Ann’s Parish Hall, 800 Hiawatha Avenue, Hiawatha, KS.

Gardening is a rewarding hobby that pays a host of significant dividends. Many people love gardening because it allows them to spend time outdoors, and that simple pleasure is indeed a notable benefit of working in a garden. But the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture notes that gardening provides a host of additional benefits, including helping people get sufficient levels of exercise, reduce stress and improve mood.


Hiawatha Municipal Court actions for the month of March 2025, Ted Collins, Judge.

Financial scams are as old as the concept of currency. But consumers’ vulnerability to scams has seemingly increased in the twenty-first century, when the Internet and devices like smartphones have enabled scammers to gain access to potential victims’ financial information and even gain virtual entry into their homes.


“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” The author of Hebrews makes this statement (11:1 NIV) just before giving us a Who’s Who list of the faithful of the Old Testament. We cannot see God, but we can see what God has created. Of course, believing that everything around us was created by God is an act of faith itself.

We have been receiving complaints from county residents that they are receiving text messages from what appears to be the Blue Valley Bank of Hiawatha. The text messages are stating that a debit was set up on their card and they are asking residents to reply or visit a site provided to cancel.

Hiawatha, KS – Hiawatha Community Foundation (HCF) is pleased to announce the hiring of Deborah Geiger as our first full-time Executive Director. This full-time executive director position has been made possible through the Patterson Family Foundation Capacity Building Program established for rural communities and marks the ability for HCF to better serve the community and its nonprofit organizations. Deborah will officially begin her role as Executive Director of HCF on April 1, 2025.