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City commission approves land lease for new softball field

By Greg Bebermeyer

02/27/2025

(KNZA)--The Hiawatha City Commission has approved a 25-year land lease agreement with the Hiawatha Baseball and Softball Club for a new softball field to be constructed south of Paul Rockey Field at Noble Park.

The action came when the commission met Monday evening.

As part of the agreement, the city will be responsible for utility costs for the irrigation and lighting of the new field as well as installation of the irrigation line.

The new softball field is the second phase of the Hiawatha Championship Sports Complex project.

Club President Ryan Meiniger told the Commission they plan to have a ground breaking ceremony soon, with the field to be ready for use in March 2026.

In other business, Angie Krieder with Rainbow Communications provided an update on their “fiber to home” project in the city.

During the last six months, she said just over 95 percent of customer's homes have been switched over to the new fiber broadband network, with about 1,000 homes making the transition.

This year, Krieder said they will be working on getting the multi-unit dwellings switched over.

Rainbow previously provided fiber to businesses and late this year and early next year will transition to a 10 gigabyte network.

She said Rainbow invested $4 million in the infrastructure.

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