
Lady Red Hawk Cross Country Team become Regional Champions
The Hiawatha High School Lady Red Hawk Cross Country team competed at the Leonardville cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 25. The team came out on the other end as regional champions.

The Hiawatha High School Lady Red Hawk Cross Country team competed at the Leonardville cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 25. The team came out on the other end as regional champions.

This will be the second and final part of my Hiawatha food reviews. New China is one of my favorite places to eat, and it is very popular, so this will be shaped more like a restaurant profile, and less like an actual review. Any articles about food I write about after this will all be from places out of town.

The evening of Friday, Oct. 24 was cold and drizzle rained down on the football field, but Hiawatha High School students and homecoming candidates Gus Smith and Claire Twombly were crowned as Homecoming King and Queen before the start of Hiawatha’s football game.

The Hiawatha High School Student Council (STUCO) as well as the Community Blood Center will host the Ready Donor One blood drive event on Monday, Nov. 10.

The Hiawatha High School Lady Red Hawks traveled to Silver Lake on Monday, Oct. 20 for their Regional Quad.

Many students at Hiawatha High School are involved in extra curricular activities such as Volleyball, Scholars Bowl and Cross Country. While these activities all require talent, an often overlooked part of team success is the ability to be a good teammate.

Hiawatha, KS. October 15, 2025 - Amberwell Hiawatha recently welcomed several talented art students from Hiawatha High School, led by their teacher, Matt Leahy, as part of the school’s community service day.

Stop #1- Taco Tuesday at El Canelo (500 South First street) Featuring Gus Smith

When choosing between living in a small town or a big city, it’s really the choice between a life of meaning or a life of chaos. Living in small towns provides people with a stronger sense of community for support, a deeper sense of belonging and a calmer pace of life. City living creates stress, loneliness, and depression from the large population and fast, crazy pace of life.

They have tackled homework and exams. Now Hiawatha High School students face a bloodthirsty plant. The students are staging the sci-fi musical comedy “Little Shop of Horrors,” bringing the iconic, ever-growing Audrey II to life in the school auditorium on Friday, Nov. 14 and Saturday, Nov. 15.