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Hazel T. Nelson scholarship fund awards $49,250.00

HIAWATHA, KANSAS, July 28, 2025---The Hazel T. Nelson Scholarship Fund awarded $49,250.00 in grants to 24 graduates of Hiawatha High School attending college and graduate school in the upcoming academic year, according to Citizens State Bank and Trust Company, which administers the fund. Mrs. Nelson, a resident of Hiawatha, passed away in 1987 and made several large, charitable bequests. Scholarships have been granted for 37 years and may continue for fifty years from inception.

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