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FALLS CITY - The Richardson County Sheriff’s Office reports arrests through Thursday on charges that include conspiracy, tampering with evidence and possession. Janeen Moyer, 27, of Humboldt was arrested March 8 on a Richardson County warrant for conspiracy to commit a felony. An arraignment in district court is scheduled March 21.

TOPEKA - The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a Fire Weather Watch for Riley, Geary, Pottawatomie, Wabaunsee, Jackson, Jefferson, Morris, Douglas, Lyon, Osage, Franklin, Douglas, Shawnee, Coffey and Anderson counties. FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS FOR...

FALLS CITY – Rural Water District 2 has agreed to re-install a portion of water line to meet county regulations. A draft of meeting minutes says a water line that was placed near a drainage culvert is not in compliance. Paul Benitz and Gayle Swisegood of the water district...

The Cruise Planners, a franchise travel agency, opened a downtown Hiawatha location this month and celebrated a grand opening Tuesday evening. Jen and John Hoschouer opened Cruise Planners nearly a year ago in their Hiawatha home and recently decided to take the leap and open a location downtown at the corner of Sixth and Oregon.

FALLS CITY - The Falls City City Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. on Monday at city hall. The agenda includes a request to allow issuance of open burn permits for residential yards and gardens and a request to amend the volunteer fire department bylaws. Mayor Harkendorf is...

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a bank robbery and quickly made an arrest. Just before 1 p.m. Thursday, police responded to a bank robbery in the 2400 block of S. Seneca, according to Officer Chad Ditch. An employee of Emprise Bank reported a man had passed a note to a clerk demanding money and claiming to have a weapon.

Lamonia “Mona” F. Lammers Bauer of Abilene passed away March 8 in Wichita, Kansas, at the age of 75. She was born in Hopkins, Missouri January 11, 1948 to Ralph Lammers and Alberta Hughes Steeby Lammers. In 1966 she graduated high school from Buchanan County R-IV High School in De Kalb, Missouri. She then attended Job Corp where she graduated in 1968 with nurses training. On July 22, 1972 she married Donald E. Bauer at Zion Lutheran Church in Hiawatha, Kansas. Many knew her as a custodian at both Abilene High School and Abilene Middle School until she retired in March of 2019. She is survived by her children: Ralph Bauer of Abilene, Barbara Bauer of Abilene, and Carrie Kautz (Ben) of Raytown, Missouri. Grandchildren: Kiersten Bauer of Abilene, and Patrick Kautz of Raytown, Missouri. Siblings: Jovita Evans of St. Joseph, Missouri, Alfreda Lammers of St. Joseph, Missouri, and Otis George Steeby (Ellen) of Valley Falls, Kansas. Aunts: Velma Day (Johnnie) of Kansas City, Missouri and Phyllis Hughes of Overland Park, Kansas. In-laws: Arlan Bauer (Deb) of Wichita, Kansas, Darrell Bauer (Sara) of Hiawatha, Darlene Covert of Hiawatha, Carol Bauer of Sabetha, Kansas, and Leona Bauer of Buffalo, Kansas. She also has many nieces, nephews, cousins, and adopted children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, husband, step mother Deloras Lammers, brother Freddie Steeby, granddaughter Charli Kautz, nephews: Wayne Covert, Michael Steeby, and Robert Steeby, Nieces: Debbie Bailey, Heather Steeby, Alberta Steeby, Brother in-laws: Virgil Koerperich, Harlan, John, and Harold “PeeWee” Bauer, Sister in-laws: Esther Koerperich and Virgina Steeby. Visitation will be Friday March 17 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church. Funeral services will be Saturday March 18 at 10 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church. Burial will follow at Abilene Cemetery. Memorial Contributions can be made to Faith Lutheran Church Christian Education.

FALLS CITY - The YouScience aptitude program is coming to Falls City High School. Assistant High School Principal Ethan Sullivan told the school board Monday that the widely utilized aptitude measurement tool is designed to create personalized pathways for students. The program uses technology and proven research to uncover aptitudes...

(Falls City) -- A star-turning season that included a 46-point performance has helped land Falls City senior Jaxyn Strauss this year’s KMAland Nebraska Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Strauss averaged 17.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game for the Tigers, leaving his mark on a program that was...

Many of Justin Fluke's broadcast workers would have loved to cover the Holton High School football team's state championship run last fall, because many of them were classmates of the students. Fluke, the owner and president of the five-station, Hiawatha-based KNZA Radio Network in northeast Kansas, said he regularly employs...

ATCHISON COUNTY —For the second time in seven months, a Kansas woman is in jail for a criminal trespass. On Wednesday, police arrested 29-year-old Corinne L. Rogers of Atchison, on a requested charge of criminal trespass in defiance of a restraining order at 405 U.S.59, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

I often spend time on historical journeys, and one of the most extensive resources I return to is A.N. Ruley's History of Brown County! The work that he created was singularly a historical treasure! If you have not had a chance to peruse his work, please do so. The man had so much vision for what needed to be captured for future generations of Brown County!

At last Monday's meeting of the Brown County Commission, Angie Kreider of Rainbow Communications presented the company's plan to install fiber line to residences in Hiawatha, Horton and Sabetha. Kreider said the materials are purchased and that work is projected to begin in 2024 and to take approximately 3 years...

Music will be in the air on March 26 in Hiawatha as the Hiawatha Music Club presents its annual spring program, Spring Fling, at the United Methodist Church of Hiawatha. From high school and college show choirs to the a cappella notes of the sweet adelines group, River Song, the audience will be entertained with various types of music and marvelous performances.

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has appointed John Fresh of Atchison as a judge in the 1st Judicial District of Kansas to replace Chief Judge David King who retired. Fresh now serves in the firm of Farris, Fresh, & Werring and is active in the Atchison Bar Association and the Kansas Bar.

BROWN CO., Kan. (WIBW) - Officials have warned of a new Evergy scam that now involves Dollar General and its “money packs.”. The Brown County Sheriff’s Office warned on Monday, March 13, that it had received multiple phone calls over the weekend that all reported the same new scam.

The Hiawatha City Commission met on Monday evening, and the group approved a pair of ordinances marking increases in rates for the Fisher Center and the Hiawatha Aquatic Park. Per the new ordinance, rates at the Fisher Center will increase by the room. Meeting Room 1 will increase from $15 per hour to $20 per hour, Meeting Room 2 will increase from $30 per hour to $40 per hour, the gym went from $60 per hour to $70 per hour, or $300 per day to $500 per day, and the rates for the entire facility moved from $90 per hour or $500 per day to $125 per hour or $925 per day.

On a 5-2 vote here Monday evening, the Holton school board approved a motion to establish a district daycare starting with the next school term, utilizing two classrooms at the Holton Elementary School and employing two licensed instructors and one assistant. Board members Terry Lierz and Ryan Phillips voted against the measure with Lierz expressing support for a smaller scale start to the daycare than the one approved.

A celebration of life for Cynthia Kay “Cindy” Taylor, 62, Horton, who passed away Feb. 27, 2023, will be Aug. 19, 2023, in Horton. Friends who wish to attend or donate to the services, please contact Sabrina Jenkins or Michael Strotkamp by Facebook. Cindy was born Aug 18,...

JACKSON COUNTY, Kan. (JASO) – Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspects on drug charges. On March 10, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office served a narcotics warrant on a home at 522 Indiana Avenue in Holton, according to Sheriff Tim Morse. As part of the investigation, deputies arrested...