• Work is underway on installation of cement sidewalks at the Mound City Historical Park. The sidewalks will connect the buildings and provide level surfaces for visitors to walk on. They are being provided with help from several local individuals.

  • Pleasanton High School students worked around the city to complete projects for their annual Community Service Day.

  • Pleasanton High School students Derek Brown, Quinton Adams-Morash, Heath McQueen and Riley Hinton dig old mulch out of the General Pleasanton Park garden last week for the school’s Community Day. Students dug mulch, added mulch and scraped paint off the floor inside the building among other volunteer chores completed in town.

  • The top three out of eleven competitors receive their medals and certificates in recognition of their math skills. First place was awarded to Lucas Knight, second place to Max Briggs and third place to Bradley Baker.

  • La Cygne Elementary School students compete for the top three places at the first ever Math Bee held on Friday afternoon, April 25, by completing the problem put on the screen

  • Sue Vicory, producer and director of the new film Cultivating Kindness, with cinematographer Taylor Dawson Snyder prior to the movie premiere on Sunday, April 27.

  • Attendees of the premiere of the Cultivating Kindness film take a few minutes prior to the showing to visit. Many of them were students who were given the Cultivating Kindness award through their school and their families.

  • U.S. Senator Roger Marshall speaks with Linn County Sheriff James Akes on the new dispatching system used at the new Justice Center. Marshall was given a full tour of the facility in Mound City last Thursday.

  • Linn County Fire Chief Randy Hegwald fires off a canon full of candy during the Pleasanton Easter Egg Hunt held Saturday at Pleasanton Elementary School.

  • Ivella Flanders is so “egg-cited” for each egg she grabs at the La Cygne egg hunt on Saturday.

NEWS

Commissioners discuss effects of city disbandment of fire department

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During the Public Works report at the May 5 meeting Linn County Commissioners heard a brief report on mutual aid agreements for the Linn County Rural Fire Department and what effect the possible disbandment of the Pleasanton Fire Department will have on the county. District... [More]

Blue Mound discusses financing options for water tower project

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Members of the Blue Mound City Council heard from Tom Fingers of Midwest Assistance Program and Joey McLiney from McLiney and Company concerning options for financing the water tower on Monday, May 5, for their regular monthly meeting.   The city has received a grant... [More]

La Cygne leaders contemplate sales tax adjustment

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After bond defeasance, election would be required to alter stated fund focus   By all appearances, La Cygne voters may not be far away from seeing a ballot proposal to alter the stated focus for one of its two 1-cent city sales taxes. Information at the two regular... [More]

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SPORTS

Prairie View track has a great day as they host home invitational

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The Prairie View track team hosted their home invitational on May 1. The Buffalos did very well as the girls won the meet with a score of 142 and the boys placed second with a score of 92. Central Heights won the meet for the boys with a score of 103. Once again, the Buffalos... [More]

Jayhawk track places top three at Prairie View

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The Jayhawk Linn track team traveled to Prairie View on May 1 to compete in the Prairie View Invitational.  The Hawks did well at the event as the girls placed second overall with 124 points while the boys placed third overall with 89 points. Here are the individual... [More]

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COMMUNITY

New rescue seeks donations to aid startup

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A newly formed dog rescue operating from Mound City is on the lookout for donations to help with their startup. Dirt Road Rescue, a 501C3 organization, was founded by core members Melayna Johnson, Megan Purvis, Janet Jackson and Samantha Ekwuru, for the sole mission of saving... [More]

Cultivating Kindness film premiere held on April 27

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Local film producer Sue Vicory held a premier of her newest film, Cultivating Kindness, at the Blue Moon Youth Center in Blue Mound on Sunday afternoon, April 27.  The film revolves around a campaign that partnered with Jayhawk USD 346 schools to recognize students for... [More]

Jayhawk Linn to present ‘Maid to Order’ for spring play

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Students from Jayhawk Linn Junior High and High School will present their spring play, ‘Maid to Order’ on Thursday, March 27 and Saturday, March 29.  The play, under the direction of faculty member Dawn Carlson, is a comedy set in the mid-to-late 1940s in the... [More]

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