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Centralia tornado reported to be EF1 by National Weather Service
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Centralia tornado was reported to be an EF1 by the National Weather Service. According to the National Weather Service, an EF1 tornado struck the city of Centralia around 5:02 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30 in Nemaha County. National Weather Service said the Centralia tornado had...
$200,000 Nebraska Pick 5 prize remains unclaimed; winning ticket to expire soon
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A $200,000 Nebraska Pick 5 prize from December 2023 is expiring soon. The Nebraska Lottery said for the December 3, 2023, drawing, a $200,000 Nebraska Pick 5 winning ticket was sold at the Kwik Shop located at 1403 Harlan St., in Falls City. The ticket matched all five winning numbers (03, 10, 11, 17, 28) for the jackpot prize.
Power lines knocked down across northeast Kansas amid tornado warnings, high winds
TOPEKA (KSNT) – According to the FreeState Electric Coop outage map, there are 522 customers in Jackson County without power, as of 9:40 p.m. There are almost 1,300 Evergy customers near Westmoreland and Topeka without power. Multiple power outages are being reported across northeast Kansas as a powerful storm system rolls through the area Tuesday […]
Sheriff arrests former official of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas on aggravated domestic battery charge
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to reflect Lester Randall is the former chairman of the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas. We regret this error. BROWN COUNTY (KSNT) – A former official with a northeast Kansas Native American tribe is under arrest Thursday afternoon. Sheriff John Merchant with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said in […]
Red Hawks take part of Big 7
The Red Hawk track team took part in a Big 7 League quad last week, where they competed against the hosting Royal Valley Panthers, the Holton Wildcats and the Sabetha Bluejays. All four schools posted some outstanding individual results, and the Red Hawks certainly followed that trend, earning a few golds and seeing their athletes compete well against their league foes. This Monday, several competitors took on some outstanding competition at Seaman High’s invitational meet.
Generating the future with A.I., with a workshop presentation given at Rainbow Communications in Hiawatha
Artificial intelligence (A.I.), which enables machines to think like people, has been a staple of many pieces of science-fiction media and to most, the idea of machines that can think like humans conjures up both positive and negative imagery. However, this type of technology as most people would be familiar...
Morrill Public Library seeks donations for summer reading program
Morrill Public Library is seeking donations to help us provide free books to summer participants and to add quality items to our grand prize bundles. Our prize bundles have included exciting items like the opportunity to be a Librarian for a Day, gift certificates to local businesses, picnic baskets, and Kindle eReaders.
Red Hawk golfers take their cuts at Holton
Hiawatha’s varsity golf team took part tournament at Holton on Monday, taking on a Big 7 League opponents Holton, Sabetha, Seneca, Jefferson West, Royal Valley and Perry Lecompton. The Hawks finished fifth out of 7 teams, just a few strokes back of Jeff West in fourth. Linus Hemmer paced...
Hiawatha Community Foundation Highlights: About the AAW Trinity Center Fund
The Trinity Center, operating at the former Trinity United Methodist Church at Oregon and Third, offers a welcoming space for help, hospitality and hope through accompanying individuals and families who can benefit from material, spiritual and emotional support as well as skills and resources for healthy lives. We have been evolving over the past year as a center for accessing resources, serving others, peer support and creative expression.
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