(Left to right) Lyle Peterson, with the KS Department of Commerce, presents certificates of merit to Kelsey and James Stallbaumer, with Stallbaumer Family Chiropractic, and to Justina Cockerham, with the Northeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging.

(KNZA)--A Hiawatha business, and a local non-profit organization, were honored Wednesday evening during the annual Fall Business Mixer in Hiawatha.   

Lyle Peterson, with the Kansas Department of Commerce, presented certificates of merit to Stallbaumer Family Chiropractic and the Northeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging.

The two were among more than 40 merit award winners announced in June by the Department of Commerce as part of Business Appreciation Month and were nominated by the Hiawatha Foundation for Economic Development.

Peterson said they received 189 nominations for the business awards program, with nominations accepted in four categories.  Those include  manufacturing/distribution, service, retail and hospital/non-profit.

Co-hosting the Mixer were Physical & Respiratory Therapy Services, HFED and the Hiawatha Chamber & Visitors Bureau.