SPECIAL: Medically vulnerable individuals asked to fill out online form

March 27, 2020

Who Should Sign Up for the Registry?

Individuals with special medical needs include those who would need assistance with medical or personal care during evacuations and sheltering because of physical or mental impairments. Please sign up for the registery if you or a loved one…

Use life support systems; such as oxygen, a respirator, a ventilator, dialysis, a pacemaker, or are insulin dependent
Have trouble walking or moving around
Are visually impared, hard of hearing or deaf, or have other sensory ailments
Have speech, developmental or mental health disabilities
Use service animals.

Please take the time to fill out the online form: Medically Vulnerable Population Online Form.

NEWS

Wills appointed fourth councilman for Pleasanton

By JACKIE TAYLOR | November 12, 2025

The election and the death of Pleasanton Councilwoman Angelina Randall left four seats open on the Pleasanton Council. Voters kept Rochelle Schreckhise and chose Kenny Stark and Sandy Haynes to fill the open seat of Kimberly Herring and that of Aaron Portmann, who chose to... [More]

Write in votes upset some races after final tally

By BARBARA PROFFITT | November 12, 2025

Following last week’s election, the Linn County Elections Officer and the County Clerks’ staff went through and tallied the write-in votes for each race. Some of those races were upset by the final count while other openings were actually determined. In La Cygne,... [More]

Linn Valley bonds sell well, no tax increase for new fire truck

By GEORGE NUNNEMACHER | November 12, 2025

The Linn Valley City Council held its bi-monthly meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10, 2025, with Mayor Lew Donelson presiding and all council members present. The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by an opening prayer by Council Member John... [More]

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SPORTS

Loss of seniors contributes to Buff regional loss to end season

BY TONY FURSE | November 12, 2025

As the waning full moon appeared above the horizon to make its ascent over the Prairie View football field’s northeast end zone Friday night, playoff hopes for the host Buffalos to continue on, in contrast, descended, as Meriden-Jefferson West completed a Class 3-A regional-round... [More]

Pleasanton fall trapshooting finishes fourth in conference

Adam Holt | November 12, 2025

The Pleasanton trap shooting team competed in the 2025 Kansas State High School Clay Target League fall season this year and did very well in their conference. The Jays competed in 1A Conference 4 and finished fourth as a team with a total of 1,879 points. To see the... [More]

Blu-Jay season ends with bi-district loss

Tony Furse | November 5, 2025

For a town which openly celebrated All Saint’s (Hallow’s) Day on Saturday, Olpe’s high school football team, eighth-ranked in Class 1-A, put a Halloween-eve hex on Pleasanton last Thursday night, scoring five touchdowns in the game’s first 12:12 and going... [More]

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COMMUNITY

Prairie View FFA team places well at national Ag Mechanics competition

By BARBARA PROFFITT | November 5, 2025

This past week, a four-member team from Prairie View’s FFA chapter traveled to Indianapolis, Ind. to compete at the National Ag Mechanics CDE competition. According to Trenton Smedley, PV FFA sponsor, the national competition consisted of each team member completing a... [More]

Heartland awards $5,000 to Linn County Fair Association for fairgrounds intercom system

November 5, 2025

The Linn County Fair Association has been awarded $5,000 from Heartland Rural Electric Cooperative’s Concern for Community program to install a new intercom system at the Linn County Fairgrounds. The project will provide fair organizers and volunteers with the ability... [More]

Like father, like sons

Submitted by Ruth Nicolaus | October 29, 2025

Rodeo family shares the arena at the Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo in Mulvane next month REDFIELD, Kan. – The family that rodeos together, stays together. Or so goes the saying, with a bit of modification. But that’s the case for the Eck family of Redfield,... [More]

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